Scholar Praticitioner

A person must understand the components that go into a scholar-practitioner model in order to understand it. The scholar-practitioner model is a conceptual framework for learners to learn about, and think back upon their own work as educators. As a scholar-practitioner, there's a lot of emphasis on scholarship and research development (Butler, 2013). Programs with a clinical emphasis, such as Psychology, Human Services, or nursing, usually inputs strong concentrations in the scholar-practitioner model (Butler, 2013). This paper will focus on the scholar-practitioner model in different aspects, and how it applies to this learner.

This learners understanding of a scholar-practitioner is a person who uses their education and applies it to hands on practice of their work environment. Scholar-practitioners work in their own domain to improve their own and other's work. The purpose is to sustain, enhance, and produce new knowledge relevant to the transfer between integration among research, practice, and education. This learner has gathered that one must be knowledgeable, skillful, caring, and able to inquire in order to be a scholar-practitioner. Scholar-Practitioners are able to communicate, collaborate, and cooperate with others as well as understand, respects, and values diversity. The relationship between scholars and practitioners is a continuing source of concern to both communities (Wilson, 2007).

The concept scholar is understood to mean a person of great knowledge and learning. A scholar is a person who uses their education to the hands on practice of their environment, which interfaces their theory and research forming the concept of a practitioner. Practitioner on the other hand is someone who practices a learned profession. Practitioners, like scholars, embrace knowledge and work to create meaning in their own work, in their own practice (Childers, 2007). Charles McClintock defines the scholar-practitioner as "an ideal of professional excellence grounded in theory and research, informed by experimental knowledge, and motivated by personal values, political commitments, and ethical conduct (McClintock, 2003)". The practitioner-scholar is a person who learns knowledge of up to date research and implements it to best serve their current clients or learners.

The model that currently describes this learner's level of professionalism is the scholar-practitioner model. This model describes this learner, because this learner is currently continuing in higher learning in addiction psychology. This learner often relies on knowledge gained from pervious experiences and current practices to perform better at work. The scholar-practitioner model applies to me as a learner and a professional, because I'm continuing to seek higher learning skills in this field of study. This learners plan to become a scholar-practitioner includes being knowledgeable, skillful, caring, and willing to inquire. This learner's goal is to stay motivated, and willing to take on different tasks.

When discussing the difference between master's-level and doctoral-level learning, the terms "scholar" and "practitioner"