Dr Penn makes a very important point about practitioners developing an ability 'to be able to review the basis on which any piece of research is carried out, to understand the context in which it is undertaken, the methods that are used to arrive at the results, and the relevance of a particular piece of research to everyday practice in your own place of work'.
However, in providing a very brief appraisal of the research carried out in Ypsilanti from 1962-67, which I assume is the High/Scope Perry Pre-school Project research, a well respected piece of work is denied this courtesy.
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