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"Que Luchen por sus Intereses" (To Fight for Your Interests): Unearthing Critical Counter-Narratives of Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Parents
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Roxas, Kevin; Gabriel, Maria L. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
This article reports on findings from a year-long research project conducted during the 2012-2013 school year in a PK-12 school district, located in the Mountain West region of the United States, utilizing the Photovoice method. The findings in the project point to the important critical counter-narratives Spanish-speaking immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Spanish Speaking, Immigrants
Learning to Support Learning Together: An Experience with the Soft Systems Methodology
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Sanchez, Adolfo; Mejia, Andres – Educational Action Research, 2008
An action research approach called soft systems methodology (SSM) was used to foster organisational learning in a school regarding the role of the learning support department within the school and its relation with the normal teaching-learning activities. From an initial situation of lack of coordination as well as mutual misunderstanding and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Action Research, Research Methodology, Discussion Groups
Library User Survey: Action Research as a Tool of Administrative Decision Making.
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Suarez, Celia C.; Myers, Marcia J. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1983
Discusses a survey conducted at Miami-Dade Community College to document the characteristics, needs, and knowledge of library users, and explains how the survey became an essential tool for decision making by community college library administrators regarding the elimination or initiation of programs and services. Describes the study and its…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Administration
Promoting Children's Mental Health: Reform through Interdisciplinary and Community Partnerships
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Power, Thomas J. – School Psychology Review, 2003
Reforms that have been undertaken in the mental health system have significant implications for psychologists working in and with schools. This article introduces the special series in "School Psychology Review" on "Emerging models for promoting children's mental health: Linking systems for prevention and intervention." This article describes…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Public Health, Mental Health, School Psychology