ERIC Number: EJ1217857
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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Promoting a Participatory Convergence in a Spanish Context: An Inter-University Action Research Project Using Visual Narrative
Fernández-Díaz, Elia; Rodríguez-Hoyos, Carlos; Calvo Salvador, Adelina; Braga Blanco, Gloria; Fernández-Olaskoaga, Lorea; Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia
Educational Action Research, v27 n3 p362-378 2019
This article focuses on the deconstruction of an inter-university action research project that has allowed us to rethink our teaching and research, questioning the social, political and ethical dimensions of the university. Following the pre-assembly proposal to promote participatory convergence, organized within the framework of the 1st Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy (2017), an action research process was implemented in order to generate systematic inquiry around the current situation of the university and the need to act and rethink our commitment to promoting changes in this context. We have reflected on the meaning of democratization, rethinking the pedagogical relationship with our students and how we critically commit them to promote activism. We generated an environment where we look for the meaning of our practices by means of a visual narrative which has enabled us to weave and identify our own biography and become aware of where we are and why we act in one way or another. We have also focused on the search for the meaning of our actions in relation to the community we belong to and how to deal with the challenges of social justice, encouraging collaboration with other networks in a wider inter-university framework.
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Institutional Cooperation, Universities, Participatory Research, Action Research, Research Projects, Transformative Learning, Democracy, Educational Practices, Activism, Social Justice, Teacher Collaboration, College Faculty, Commercialization, Responsibility, Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication, Workshops, College Students, Electronic Learning, Knowledge Management, Personal Narratives, Visual Aids, Student Participation, Schools of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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