PAR - Participatory Action Reserch Flashcards
Final preperartion
What is PAR?
- A action plan that is made in response to distrust of traditional post-positivist research. (researcher with political and social agendas).
What are some defining features of PAR(sum of individual terms): according to Brydon-miller
- Participatory:
- researcher and the participant involved in the research process
- Action (collaborative)
- goal positive change to adress injustices
- Research ( transformative)
- social process of gathering and assessing knowledge
What are some defining features of PAR(sum of individual terms): Kemmis and Mctaggart.
- Social process
- Participatory
- Practical and collaborative
-Emancipatory - Critical
-Reflexive - Process to transform both theory and practice
PAR studies must have to include all seven defining feuture? ( true or false?)
false
What are some characteristic trait that support researchers in making judgement about the quality of research?
- community driven
- prolonged engagement and consultation
- project deliverables
What are some research process on PAR?
- no one “ right way”
- PAR is not linear process
- 2 possible research spiral:
1. action research spiral
2. live phase PAR approach
What is action research spiral?
- meaning working closely with participants and it includes a cycle of:
# planning
# acting and observing
# reflecting
the cycle
plan –> act –> observe –> reflect
Five phased PAR approach
- a better detailed approach of PAR
Frisby Outlines:
# setting the research question
# building trust
# data collection
# data analysis
# communicating
what are some way to generate Data and Data analysis?
- not specified
although - most common generating data –> interviews
- data analysis- should align with research question
what is the role of theory in PAR?
- Theoretical lens:
# Theory is used to guide or inform PAR - Interruptive framework:
# theory that helps to make sense of finding and to indetify action startegies
what are some challenges of PAR?
- Due to it flexibility it is difficult to provide specific as to how researchers should work to adreess such challenges
- establishing nd nurturing relationships
- ensuring ongoing participant collaboration
- indetifying action