Practicing YPAR for School Equity
Blog post by Quin Gonell Given my prior experience as high school teacher engaging with culturally sustaining and emancipatory pedagogies, it was only natural that I should find appeal in frameworks that make methods of knowledge creation accessible to youth. Thus, as early as my second semester as a doctoral student I became interested in […]
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In the field with complexity
Blog post by Jody Aked, reflecting on “complexity-aware action research.” How are networks for collective action built? Which network experiences motivate individuals? Which build the momentum of the collective? How is effort on long-term environmental projects sustained? These are some of the questions that emerged in the Philippines from the initial phases of the Valuing […]
Read More...Addressing inequity through youth participatory action research: Toward a critically hopeful approach to more equitable schools
Abstract provided on behalf of the authors: Nicole Mittenfelner Carl and Sharon M Ravitch In this paper, we explore how youth participatory action research methods serve as a means of uncovering and addressing hidden curricula in schools. To illuminate, we present an example of one school-based youth participatory action research project in which high school students examined […]
Read More...Embracing problems, processes, and contact zones: Using youth participatory action research to challenge adultism
Abstract provided on behalf of the author, Genia M Bettencourt In the United States, adultism creates dynamics in which youth are oppressed and their experiences dismissed. Youth participatory action research (YPAR), a research method and theoretical construct, provides one forum through which to challenge adultism by providing youth with voice and input. Such an approach contrasts […]
Read More...Camera, Lights, Action: Participatory video for two-way communication in research for development
Global development objectives increasingly call for interdisciplinary approaches that respond to different development needs at the local level. In order to achieve this, research and development fields must shift from more traditional top-down approaches to those approaches that include community needs assessments and project design, implementation, and follow-up. “Participatory video for two-way communication in research for […]
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