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Appendix D: Results of a Survey of International Collaborative Research in Psychology: Views and Recommendations from Twenty-six Leaders of Projects
Appendix D: Results of a Survey of International Collaborative Research in Psychology: Views and Recommendations from Twenty-six Leaders of Projects
Pages 64-78
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National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science Survey Consultant (2005-2006) Workshop on International Collaborations in Social and Behavioral Sciences Research October 5-6, 2006 Northwestern University Norris University Center Evanston, Illinois 64
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SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO PART A OF THE SURVEY Clusters Representing Five Types of Projects These projects have been classified into five clusters according to information provided in the topic/title and purpose sections of the survey (see Table D1)
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, a 13-country study of adolescents from immigrant and national (nonimmigrant) backgrounds CLUSTER 1 D The Effects of Improving Care Giving on Early Development, a project that studied training and training plus structural changes in orphanages in St.
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Cross-national collaboration on an intervention project to enhance critical thinking skills 3. Research project on sex roles and sex stereotypes performance in Turkey 4.
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Roles of Vividness of Landmarks and Paths in Learning Routes CLUSTER 4 T TEDDY -- The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young CLUSTER 3 U A Microgenetic/Cross-Sectional Study of Matrix Completion CLUSTER 4 V The IEA's TIMSS Video Studies -- 1993 to 2003 CLUSTER 4 W Long-Term Effects of Urbanization and Poverty on Health and Development in Johannesburg CLUSTER 5 X 1. Representing and Learning from Classroom Processes -- Comparing Elementary Mathematics Instruction in China and the U.S.
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Value Added by International Research (Theme 1) Clusters did differ in the specific expected "value added" from international collaboration (asked under Theme 1 of Part B of the survey)
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. Cluster 3 projects engaged in international collaboration largely to take advantage of skills or techniques available at specific universities or labs abroad or to find instances of a medical condition that is relatively rare.
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The overwhelming impression is that personal relationships (often but not always facilitated by international congresses or formal exchange programs such as Fulbrights) were important in initiating and sustaining projects.
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1 Bulgaria 3 Canada 5 Chile 1 China 2 Colombia 1 Cyprus (Greek) 1 Czech Republic 4 Denmark 3 Estonia 1 Finland 5 France 4 Germany 7 Greece 2 Guatemala 1 Hong Kong 3 Hungary 3 India 1 Israel 4 Italy 2 Japan 2 Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Mexico 2 Netherlands 3 New Zealand 1 Norway 3 Poland 2 Portugal 2 Romania 2 Russia 5 Slovakia 2 Slovenia 2 South Africa 2 Sweden 5 Switzerland 2 Spain 1 Turkey 1 UK (or England)
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. Several respondents spoke of initial mistrust among participants, which required conscious efforts at consensus building (in addition to the contentoriented communication required to code data and prepare publications)
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The projects involved researchers whose primary identifications were psychology, sociology, education, measurement/statistics, criminology, medicine, physiology, philosophy, communications, and ethnography. Some projects dealt with this by explicitly using a mixed method design, others by negotiating about what could be learned by using different methods or taking different perspectives on a issue.
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The open-ended questions asked about the funding infrastructure and its management, research regulation (including institutional review boards, or IRBs) , incentives, bureaucracies, visas, and communication (face-to-face and electronic)
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Quite a number of projects did not appear to have dedicated Web pages used for dissemination of results (as they did not provide Web addresses)
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• Establish a U.S. fund for supporting international collaborations, especially involving younger scholars and those from countries where capacity building is especially urgent (perhaps in collaboration with professional organizations)
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• Develop models for disseminating the results of internationally collaborative projects (executive summaries, policy briefs for different audiences including those in participating countries, Web pages)
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