EDUC 124 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Participatory Action Research
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Intro: participatory research advocating for excellence in schools (praxis) project: school-based, university-affiliated research collaborative aimed @ recognizing + responding to dropout crisis facing us, carried out 2 research-based initiatives: In-depth analysis of school culture through voices, experiences, research projects led by groups of students over. What are the possibilities for practical and policy change when students educate the educators about ways to keep them engaged w/ school. The praxis project in community context: praxis project claimed to give low-income students more of a voice for reform + help inform school, district, state policy formation, pedagogical decision making, school and classroom practice, goals of project: Learn + highlight voices + experiences of students. Engage in collaborative, productive, outcome-oriented efforts that could respond to dropout rate facing the community. Build momentum among diverse group of community stakeholders. Build, challenge, confirm previous research carried out in demographically similar but geographically distant places. Theoretical foundations of the praxis project: feire: exciting, engaging, relevant edu.
