WGS202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Literature Review, Critical Consciousness, Computer Literacy
15 Apr 2018
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Participatory action research (par), case study: violence against women exam. Par is community based approach that involves both researchers and local participants. Actional in term teaching them a skill, participating in their own education. Goal is to empower local community and local community members so they can bring about change in their own social environment geared towards change. Two processes: *important: to inform women in the community to be informal resources to other women in the community, to engage with women as colleagues. The need for the methodology to be effective on the grassroot level. Means of systematic enquiry in the quest for greater effectiveness through democratic participation. Popular research methodology in latin america, africa, and asia: involving more community people in the research process to empower community members on the ground and make chang possible. Paulo freire, orlando fals-borda and mohammad anisur rahman: liberation educators and social change advocated, critical consciousness as the force behind social change.
