In this column Drs. Jacqueline Fawcett, Beryl Pilkington, Callista Roy, Susan Taylor, and Elizabeth Geden answer three questions commonly posed about teaching research, the research critique, and the relationship of research and theory. Contributors independently provided their answers to the questions, so they did not have the opportunity to engage in dialogue with one another.
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