Highlighting the Place of Community in Classroom Action Research – Vicki Stieha
Last week Dusty was sharing her reflections on educators conducting action research and likened it to the “collective centering, pulling, and shaping of clay” and I love that image. It led me to think about the word “collective” in her phrase. A friend of mine, an educational researcher, told me that she began conducting classroom […]
Read More...Ecology and Economics
Hello and Happy Memorial Day, When I think about Action Research and the “Environment” I am often bombarded by other phrases and words like earth, nature, ecology, economics, and sustainable development. Within this group of related subjects I cannot help but notice the commonality between economics and ecology. So today, I attempt an oh so […]
Read More...Does the “community” really have voice? – Deb Dole
The business of health care has effectively muffled, if not silenced the voice of communities. The real needs of communities are often overlooked as health care dollars, programs and initiatives are rolled out in an effort to “fix” what is believed to be broken. The result is a labeling of individuals and communities as “non-compliant” […]
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Health policy how is it directed – Bernard Young
Recent events of health care reform have put a spotlight on the political aspects of health policy development on the national scale. The same consideration should be brought to the local and regional discussion. AR and CBPR are looking at questions of health care policy and the practical involvement of the community of recipients in service determination. I think […]
Read More...Ethics – Mentors
Think about the person who did the most to mentor you. What three words would you use to describe this individual? This is the question I asked the participants in last week’s Teaching Research Ethics workshop to consider. Then I asked them to write down these three words on post-it notes and we collected all […]
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