Participatory Action Research.
Lawson, Hal A.
Participatory Action Research. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods Series . - Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods Series .
Cover -- Series -- Participatory Action Research -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Introducing Participatory Action Research -- 2 Child Welfare Participatory Action Research Design Teams for Workforce Reconfiguration, Organizational Innovation, and Policy Change -- 3 Participatory Action Research with Youth -- 4 A Complex, Community-Based Participatory Action Research Design to Address Obesity in Young Children and Their Families -- 5 The Critical-Emancipatory Tradition of Participatory Action Research in Postdisaster Recovery Settings in the Global South -- 6 Summary Reflections and Lessons Learned -- Key Websites for ParticipatoryAction Research -- References -- Index.
Conventional textbooks present PAR from a distanced perspective and with the assumption that beginners will gain practical PAR knowledge on their own. This book provides real world examples--first-hand accounts by the researchers who designed and implemented these PAR innovations. Shared recommendations and lessons learned provided in the final chapter are a unique contribution to students and early career researchers.
9780190204396
Communities - Research.
Electronic books.
LB1028.24 -- .L39 2015eb
300.72
Participatory Action Research. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods Series . - Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods Series .
Cover -- Series -- Participatory Action Research -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Introducing Participatory Action Research -- 2 Child Welfare Participatory Action Research Design Teams for Workforce Reconfiguration, Organizational Innovation, and Policy Change -- 3 Participatory Action Research with Youth -- 4 A Complex, Community-Based Participatory Action Research Design to Address Obesity in Young Children and Their Families -- 5 The Critical-Emancipatory Tradition of Participatory Action Research in Postdisaster Recovery Settings in the Global South -- 6 Summary Reflections and Lessons Learned -- Key Websites for ParticipatoryAction Research -- References -- Index.
Conventional textbooks present PAR from a distanced perspective and with the assumption that beginners will gain practical PAR knowledge on their own. This book provides real world examples--first-hand accounts by the researchers who designed and implemented these PAR innovations. Shared recommendations and lessons learned provided in the final chapter are a unique contribution to students and early career researchers.
9780190204396
Communities - Research.
Electronic books.
LB1028.24 -- .L39 2015eb
300.72