Participatory Action Research for High School Students: Transforming Policy, Practice, and the Personal with Social Justice Education

Autor/inn/en	Cammarota, Julio; Romero, Augustine
Titel	Participatory Action Research for High School Students: Transforming Policy, Practice, and the Personal with Social Justice Education
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 25 (2011) 3, S.488-506 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904810361722
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Neighborhoods; Qualitative Research; Program Evaluation; Action Research; Research Methodology; Social Change; Social Environment; Epistemology; Participatory Research; High School Students; Financial Support; Teaching Methods; Educational Policy; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Qualitative Forschung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Projektforschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Sozialer Wandel; Soziales Umfeld; Erkenntnistheorie; Forschungstätigkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Finanzielle Förderung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	The authors discuss how participatory action research (PAR) informs the pedagogy and epistemology of the social justice education. PAR facilitates students' engagement in their social context and acquisition of knowledge to initiate personal and social transformation. The scope of research contains knowledge about social justice issues negatively influencing the students' experiences. This knowledge is essential for what has been described as social justice youth development in which young people participate in practices geared toward achieving an egalitarian world with safe, vibrant neighborhoods that support healthy, positive youth identities. The article is based on program evaluation data collected for progress reports mandated by the project's financial backers. Funding supports technical assistance provided by the university in the way of teaching students qualitative research methods. The authors' roles involve both assisting the course instructor with teaching methodologies and collecting data for evaluative purposes. High school students in small project groups (five to six members) conduct participatory action research with the intent of transforming the personal, policies and practices. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10