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Kornbluh, Mariah; Ozer, Emily J.; Allen, Carrie D.; Kirshner, Ben – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2015
Administrators and teachers face changes prompted by the shift to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) offers a promising approach to supporting students in mastering new content standards, while also offering experiences that promote their sociopolitical…
Descriptors: Youth, Participatory Research, Action Research, Reflection
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Christens, Brian D.; Kirshner, Ben – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
Youth organizing combines elements of community organizing, with its emphasis on ordinary people working collectively to advance shared interests, and positive youth development, with its emphasis on asset-based approaches to working with young people. It is expanding from an innovative, but marginal approach to youth and community development…
Descriptors: Community Development, Popular Education, Participatory Research, Social Action
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Kirshner, Ben – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2010
Youth participatory action research (YPAR) brings young people together with adult researchers to identify, study, and act on relevant social problems. In this chapter, the author draws on examples from a recent YPAR project, called Tracing Transitions, whose aim was to study the impact of school closure on students. After defining YPAR in terms…
Descriptors: School Closing, Social Problems, Educational Research, Action Research