A participatory action research (PAR) project used elements of the levels of use (LoU) of the innovation model to monitor the effects of on-the-job training in a telephone repair service. LoU interviews demonstrated validity, but the PAR method did not fulfill its emancipatory potential for change. Although participants critiqued the instruments…

Presents general comments on economic, political and demographic features of Indian Hindu community in the United States. Describes preliminary findings on precepts and practices related to identity formation among Indian Hindu youth. Highlights practices related to dress and hair behaviors and gender differences. Presents questions for further…

Contends that classroom discussions of human memory often involve descriptions of classic memory experiments and the data from them. Presents the computer software program, MindLab, and describes two classroom memory experiments. Finds that students report the experiments enhance their understanding. (CFR)

In a participatory action research project, local Dene and non-Native researchers in Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake, Northwest Territories (Canada), are documenting Dene traditional environmental knowledge and resource management systems. Problems in integrating Dene knowledge and Western science stem from incompatible world views. (SV)

Yolngu researchers in the Northern Territory of Australia are applying indigenous problem-solving processes and the traditional principle of unity to educational research in, for, and with the community. (SK)

Negative attitudes and stereotypes of Africans by expatriate managers and trainers retard human resource development. Instead of importing "remedies," collaborative research on the indigenous contexts of African problems will lead to appropriate solutions. (SK)

A participatory research process with inner-city unemployed people in New Zealand demonstrated that (1) consumers of social services should have greater input in policymaking and (2) consumers can work actively and collectively to effect change without blind commitment to a particular ideology. (SK)

Ongoing research supports planning and development of an interpretive center based on Umeewarra Mission in South Australia. From the 1930s on, the mission housed Aboriginal children, many of whom had been removed from their families. Researchers must be culturally sensitive to Aboriginal and missionary cultures, playing both supportive and…

Provides a description of a project using a draw-a-scientist test to probe students' perceptions of who does science under what conditions. Details are provided regarding the methodology with research instruments included. Instructions for participating in a national study using the draw-a-scientist test are provided. (DDR)

A study investigated use of practitioner directed inquiry (PDI) by 45 different practitioners who designed, implemented, and evaluated solutions to educational issues affecting the inclusion of students with disabilities. Results indicate positive changes in attitudes and knowledge about inclusive practices and students with disabilities,…

The participation of four first-year students as investigators in an ethnographic study of the environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students influenced their perceptions, self-awareness, and behavior, supporting and extending theories of sexual identity development, attitude change, and social justice ally development. We offer…

Much has been written about the epistemological, theoretical and methodological bases of inclusive research, but how does it look in practice? This paper critically documents a participatory narrative approach to research with young people that, it is argued and demonstrated, foregrounds their agendas as critical researchers. The paper draws upon…

This paper shares findings from a recent study that engaged a group of Kenyan teachers in a review and development of interpretive materials through a participatory action research framework. It focuses on critical contextual reviews of interpretive materials in non-formal organisations and development of similar materials in schools with…

Engaging students in a course in the Sociology of Religion can be a challenge, particularly when working with student populations in a homogeneous region of the country who have limited experience with religious diversity. We approached the course from a sociological/anthropological perspective, requiring each student to complete an in-depth…

Fantuzzo, McWayne, and Bulotsky (2003) describe a collaborative community research program that aims to decrease the population incidence of child maltreatment and build preschool children's competencies. Additionally, Fantuzzo and his colleagues have demonstrated their commitment to collaborate with community residents, practitioners, and…