e.g. As Woods (2021, p.21) said, "good practices must be taught" and so we...
e.g. A more recent study (Woods 2021, p.21) found, "good practices must be taught" and so we...
Please note there's no comma between author and year, but there's a coma and space between year and page number.
e.g. In a popular study Woods (2021) argued that we have to teach good practices...
e,g. A more recent study (Woods 2021) found that sound practices need to be learnt and so we...
e.g. Theory rises out of practice, and once validated, returns to explain the practice (Woods 2021).