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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Participatory action research (PAR)"”.
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Transforming researchers and practitioners: The unanticipated consequences (significance) of Participatory Action Research (PAR)
… or come into contact with the Grand Bayou Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. Who Changes?, a book on institutionalizing participation in development, raises the issu of "where is the change?" in a participatory project (Blackburn1998). Fischer (2000), Forester (1992), and …
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A Participatory Action Research (PAR) into how the language and vocabulary of diabetes facilitates peoples’ experience of living with diabetes: the Language in Diabetes Study (LIDAS)
… Aims: The purpose of the Language in Diabetes Action Study (LIDAS) was to explore how the language and vocabulary of diabetes facilitates peoples’ experience of living with diabetes. As a long-term condition diabetes has a high burden of selfmanagement practices by the patient. Language and …
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They say cutbacks: we say fightback. A case study of a grassroots anti-water charges community campaign group in Crumlin, Dublin using a participatory action research (PAR)approach
This research project was inspired by a Gramscian orientation towards radical social transformation. The study had a dual purpose. It aimed firstly, to produce new knowledge that could assist in answering perplexing questions relating to the motivations and rationale underlying working class …
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We don't see ourselves as different : a web of possibilities for disabled women : how black disabled women in poor communities equalise opportunities for human development and social change
This thesis plots a participatory action research (PAR) study that was done in collaboration with disabled women in Khayelitsha and Brown's Farm on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, over a two and a half year period. The aim of the study was to explore how disabled women living in poor …
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CLASS, VOICE, AND STATE: Knowledge production in self-organised working class activity and the politics of developing community television in Ireland using PAR strategies
… class self-organised communities use media as part of their process of knowledge production. It documents a participatory action research (PAR) project that sought to encourage the involvement of community organisations in the process of developing community television in the Republic of …
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A comparative study of participatory and household risk assessments and an investigation into the impact of a participatory risk assessment to effect change: case study: Section D, Sweet Home farm, Cape Town
This research aimed to compare the respective contributions of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and household surveys to inform understanding of informal settlement risks and the impact/influence of PAR to effect change. Urban risks in Section D of Sweet Home Farm informal settlement in the City …
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An Examination: Using Participatory Action Research in a Marginalized Coastal Community at Risk to Natural Hazards
… case study examines the appropriateness of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) in a small, marginalized coastal community at risk to natural hazards. PAR is a method of conducting high-quality research to support the social change goals of diverse cultural and ethnic communities, especially …
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Enhancing a Nonprofit Organization’s Capacity to Provide Service and Advocacy to Women: A Participatory Action Research with Zonta Club of Victoria
This action-oriented research inquiry explores how Zonta Club of Victoria (Zonta), a nonprofit organization in Victoria, British Columbia, might enhance its capacity to provide service and advocacy to women. Through applying the participatory action research (PAR) methodology and abiding by the …
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A Participatory Action Research Study with Bi-ethnic Children in South Korea on Bi-ethnic Identity Development
<p>The purpose of this research was to explore how bi-ethnic children in South Korea understand their identity using a participatory action research (PAR) method. The number of bi-ethnic/multicultural families and children is increasing in South Korea, matched with a rising xenophobia towards these …
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Good to great: a framework for improving instruction In a ninth grade academy
This participatory action research project explores the leadership of a female African American high school principal in an urban district who applies the principles in Jim Collins' Good to Great (2001, 2005) to improve academic performance in a ninth grade academy. Participatory Action Research …
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African American/Latina High School Girls’ Preoccupation with Concepts of Personal Beauty: The Impact on Self-Worth and Academic Performance
… This descriptive, qualitative study used a Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology. The researcher conducted discussions with 11 African American and Hispanic American high school girls between the ages of 14-17, enrolled in grades 9-12. Results concluded that a majority of …
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Amplifying Clear, Caring, and Courageous Leaders to Cultivate Compassionate, Quality Practice Environments
This research explores how clear, caring, and courageous (CCC) leadership practices can be intentionally amplified to foster compassionate and high-quality practice environments within Fraser Health. Employing a multi-method qualitative action research design grounded in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) …
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Exploring Health Care Aides' Perspectives on Work Life in Long-Term Care
… for health care aides (HCAs) in long-term care. Participatory action research (Reason & Bradbury, 2008) methodology was used to engage 10 HCA participants in a virtual focus group. The study explored the primary research question: How can we improve health care aides’ work life from their …
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Investigating the Effects of Facilitating a Participatory Action Research Study at a High School with Small Learning Communities
… I present three frameworks through which participatory action research (PAR) can be investigated. PAR is a cyclical process through which members of a community identify a problem, create a solution that is customized to their setting, implement their solution, and collect data to assess …
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Trajectory of trauma: The experiences of Black girls in the school-to-prison pipeline
<p>This critical ethnographic research utilizes participatory action research (PAR) and case studies to explore the impacts that zero-tolerance policies have had on the lives of Black girls and women. This work contributes to a small but growing body of work on the intersectional struggles faced by …
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Creating Counternarratives on Trauma Informed Care Through Student Podcasting
<p>This research explored how participatory action research (PAR) specifically youth participatory action research (YPAR) could be utilized to help inform and bring change to an alternative high school’s trauma-informed care. The study was informed by critical race theory (Yosso, 2005), …
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Children's constructions of gender: A participatory project
… maintained dominant narratives of gender. Twelve participants between the ages of eight and fourteen participated. The research used participatory action research (PAR) methods. Specifically, Photovoice, journaling, collages and drawing were used to represent the stories and narratives that the …
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(Re)envisioning Land and Power: A Fight for Community Ownership + Control in Massachusetts
… in service to the Healthy Neighborhood Study Research Consortium (HNSRC) to help them develop a toolkit for community ownership + control. The toolkit explores what it takes to carry out community-led transformation for collective spaces. The toolkit came together through a participatory …
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Reinscribing and reimagining linguistic and social hierarchies in a prison-based language and literacy program
… as a second language (ESL) program, Language Partners (LP) which is situated in a men’s medium security prison in Illinois. Following historical trends in the U.S. in which language and literacy education has been mobilized as a response to social and economic crises, education is increasingly …
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Improving science teaching through the use of video reflection and a PCK-based teaching framework
… skills. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) research was used to prepare a conceptual framework of effective teaching skills and knowledge areas which was used in a teacher professional development (PD) initiative. This qualitative study employed a case study methodology with a small group of …
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