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Torres, Myriam N. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
The purpose of this article is to examine the authors' experiences while trying to enter and engage local communities in bottom-up literacies through participatory action research (PAR) toward the community's own collective self-development. In trying to enter five different communities, I have found several challenges and roadblocks such as…
Descriptors: Action Research, Federal Legislation, Democracy, Citizenship
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Dahir, Carol A.; Stone, Carolyn B. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2009
Expectations run high that accountability for student outcomes will continue to drive the education agenda with reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965). School counselors have also recognized the imperative to connect their work to school improvement goals. This article discusses action research undertaken by school…
Descriptors: Data, Educational Improvement, Social Justice, Elementary Secondary Education
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Irizarry, Jason G. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
This article explores youth participatory action research as a promising instructional practice with the potential to reverse the depoliticizing and "softening" of multicultural education. It demonstrates how, with its explicit commitment to action, youth participatory action research can help to improve the educational experiences and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Action Research, Educational Experience, Teaching Methods