Translating Success

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ghanashyam Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
International Students ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Academic Transition

The author in this chapter uses a combination of qualitative research approaches (participatory action research, phenomenological research and rhetorical analysis) to discuss a number of themes emerging from academic transition narratives contributed by US international students to a web-based project. Picking selected stories from the project, the author discusses the benefits of drawing on features of participatory action research for data collection and providing international students a forum for sharing their experiences—as well as using those experiences for informing research and pedagogy.

A cross-university initiative to enhance SOTL through a students as partners approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Colin Bryson
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Western Washington ◽  
Traditional Structures ◽  
Washington University

This case study evaluates a new initiative to establish a cross-disciplinary forum focusing on enhancing learning, teaching and the student experience. All staff and students are welcome to participate and participants set the agenda themselves. The intention is to have open and informal dialogue and to work in partnership towards setting up collective participatory action-research projects. This is modelled on the Teaching and Learning Academy at Western Washington University (Werder and Otis, 2010). An important aim was to create a space to give voice for those - the so-called ‘hard to reach’- who do not get such opportunities in traditional structures. There have been many challenges to creating a sustainable and successful working model, not least such barriers as communications, creating time and opportunity and working against current dominant cultures. Nonetheless, staff and students, including many international students, have participated and found legitimacy to discuss their own priorities. 

Collaborative inquiry: Youth, social action, and critical qualitative research

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limarys Caraballo ◽  
Jamila Lyiscott
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Collaborative Inquiry ◽  
After School ◽  
Youth Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Critical Qualitative Research ◽  
Research In Education

Youth participatory action research is part of a revolutionary effort in educational research to take inquiry-based knowledge production out of the sole purview of academic institutions and include those who most directly experience the educational contexts that scholars endeavor to understand. Seeking to extend the robust legacy of participatory action research in schools and communities, in this article, we focus on the pedagogical contributions of youth participatory action research collaborations for the teaching of critical qualitative research. We discuss strategies developed and implemented in an after-school youth participatory action research seminar in order to highlight how collaborative educational spaces can contribute to teaching and engaging in critical qualitative research. We also reflect, in our role as educators and researchers, on the possibilities and limitations of teaching qualitative research critically and reflexively, particularly at the intersection of qualitative action research, critical literacies, and youth social action. We conclude with a discussion of the broader implications of collaborative inquiry for the teaching of qualitative research in education and beyond.

scholarly journals Re-Thinking the Boundaries of the Focus Group: A Reflexive Analysis on the Use and Legitimacy of Group Methodologies in Qualitative Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Angela Caretta ◽  
Elena Vacchelli
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Group A ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This article aims at problematizing the boundaries of what counts as focus group and in so doing it identifies some continuity between focus group and workshop, especially when it comes to arts informed and activity laden focus groups. The workshop [1] is often marginalized as a legitimate method for qualitative data collection outside PAR (Participatory Action Research)-based methodologies. Using examples from our research projects in East Africa and in London we argue that there are areas of overlap between these two methods, yet we tend to use concepts and definitions associated with focus groups because of the lack of visibility of workshops in qualitative research methods academic literature. The article argues that focus groups and workshops present a series of intertwined features resulting in a blending of the two which needs further exploration. In problematizing the boundaries of focus groups and recognizing the increasing usage of art-based and activity-based processes for the production of qualitative data during focus groups, we argue that focus groups and workshop are increasingly converging. We use a specifically feminist epistemology in order to critically unveil the myth around the non-hierarchical nature of consensus and group interaction during focus group discussions and other multi-vocal qualitative methods and contend that more methodological research should be carried out on the workshop as a legitimate qualitative data collection technique situated outside the cycle of action research.

scholarly journals Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Richard Ball ◽  
Kerith Duncanson ◽  
Lee Ashton ◽  
Andrew Bailey ◽  
Tracy L. Burrows ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Implementation Model

This study investigated the implementation model and research methods of a peer education program for new parents focused on infant feeding and nutrition. Two hundred and sixty-nine parents with an infant aged birth to two years old were invited to become co-researchers in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study over three years. Data included focus group and online participant meeting transcripts, social media data, correspondence between the implementation team and peer educators, and field notes. All data were consolidated regularly and discussed by project participants and the research team. After each PAR cycle, structured content analysis was conducted, informing the next iteration of the implementation model and research methods. Participating parents were highly engaged in child feeding peer-to-peer education, but felt more effective and comfortable being considered as a child-feeding information resource sharer or ‘champion’ rather than a formal peer educator. Similarly, quantitative data collection was only effective when it was integrated seamlessly into the implementation model. PAR methodology suited the diversity and dynamic real-life study setting, facilitating substantial improvements to the peer nutrition intervention model and data collection methods. Our study demonstrated that a genuine collaboration between health professionals and participants to implement research in practice can achieve both intervention outcomes and research aims.

scholarly journals MADRASAH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH ACCREDITATION COMPANIN PROGRAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Muhamad Tisna Nugraha ◽  
Mansur Mansur ◽  
Agus Kusnayat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Assistance Programs

Abstrak. Penelitian ini membahas tentang banyaknya Madarasah Ibtidaiyah di Kabupaten Kubu Raya yang belum terakreditasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kegiatan perencanaan program pendampingan akreditasi Madrasah Ibtidaiyah di Kabupaten Kubu Raya, dan pelaksanaannya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan Participatory Action Research (PAR) atau juga dikenal dengan penelitian aksi bersama. Instrument atau alat pengumpulan datanya adalah observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi dan lembar penilaian. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, maka dapat diketahui bahwa: 1) Kegiatan perencanaan progam pendampingan akreditasi madrasah dilakukan dengan workshop yang melibatkan Kepala Sekolah, Kemenag Kabupaten Kubu Raya dan prodi PGMI IAIN Pontianak. 2) Pelaksanaan program pendampingan madrasah ibtidaiyah di Kabupaten Kubu Raya dilakukan melalui 2 siklus kegiatan workshop dalam memahami 8 standar akreditasi. Abstract. This study discusses the number of Islamic elementary schools in Kubu Raya Regency that have not been accredited. This study aims to determine the planning activities of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah accreditation assistance programs in Kubu Raya Regency, and their implementation. The method used in this research is the Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach or also known as joint action research. Instruments or data collection tools are observations, interviews, documentation and assessment sheets. Based on the results of the study, it can be seen that: 1) The planning activities of the madrasah accreditation mentoring program were carried out by workshops involving the Principal, the Ministry of Religion of Kubu Raya Regency and the PGMI IAIN Pontianak study program. 2) Implementation of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyah mentoring program in Kubu Raya Regency is carried out through 2 cycles of workshop activities in understanding 8 accreditation standards. 

scholarly journals Strategi Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Perempuan Korban Trafficking di Kota Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Khairuddin Khairuddin ◽  
Fitri Hayati ◽  
Reni Ria Armayani Hasibuan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Psychic Trauma ◽  
Physical Trauma ◽  
Significant Change

<p><em>The victims where the majority are women do not only experience physical trauma but also psychic trauma. Therefore the victim does not only need mental and spiritual strength, but also they have to be empowered economically to be able to overcome their life problem. This research is qualitative research with PAR approach (Participatory Action Research) that involves all active stakeholders to address and overcome the problem in order there is significant change to the life of the victim. This research finds that economic empowerment is one of ways to increase the spirit, creativity and motivation of the survivors to increase their family income so stimulating entrepreneur spirit to be able to compete economically. The economic empowerment strategy of the survivor of human trafficking is done in some phases. First, cognitive delivery by encouraging the survivor think in order they can come up with the solution about the problem at hand. Second, giving the training of flower bouquet, bridal bale, creating wall and door decoration by recycling used bottle and plastic. Through this empowerment is expected the survivors have ability to survive and find new things to live. </em></p><p>Korban yang mayoritas perempuan tidak hanya mengalami trauma fisik tetapi juga psikis. Korban <em>trafficking</em> tidak hanya membutuhkan kekuatan mental dan spiritual tetapi juga harus diberdayakan secara ekonomi untuk mampu menghadapi problema kehidupan. Penelitian ini memakai metode kualitatif melalui pendekatan PAR (<em>Participatory Action Research</em>) menggunakan melibatkan berbagai pihak yang relevan secara aktif untuk menyelesaikan dilema beserta sebagai akibatnya terjadi perubahan yang signifikan dalam kehidupan para korban. Melalui penelitian ini diperoleh hasil bahwa pemberdayaan ekonomi menjadi salah satu metode meningkatkan semangat, kreatifitas dan motivasi para korban untuk memperkuat ekonomi keluarga sehingga memunculkan semangat wirausaha untuk bisa bersaing secara ekonomi. Strategi pemberdayaan ekonomi korban <em>trafficking</em> dilakukan dengan beberapa tahap. Pertama, pemberian kognitif dengan mengajak berpikir agar mereka bisa memberikan solusi terhadap permasalahan yang dihadapi. Kedua, dengan pelatihan merangkai bunga dan bale pernikahan serta pembuatan hiasan dinding dan pintu dengan memanfaatkan plastik dan botol bekas. Dengan pemberdayaan ini diharapkan para korban memiliki kemampuan untuk survive dan menemukan hal-hal baru untuk bertahan hidup. </p><p align="center"> </p>

Paradigms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia O'Cathain
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
World View ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation ◽  
The Status

A paradigm is a world view held by members of a research community. It determines what humans can know and how to undertake research to generate knowledge. It shapes how research is undertaken and how quality is judged. In mixed methods evaluations combining qualitative research and RCTs, the implicit paradigm is often post-positivism. There are alternative paradigms such as participatory action research and realist evaluation. The status of qualitative research within a mixed methods evaluation may depend on the paradigm adopted. Researchers undertaking qualitative research may adopt a different philosophical stance from those undertaking the RCT. It is important to have team discussions about paradigms throughout a mixed methods evaluation to understand the variety of stances within the team. This chapter focuses on the range of paradigms researchers adopt and some of the challenges researchers face when combining qualitative research and RCTs within different paradigms.

Fat Bodies, Qualitative Research and the Spirit of Participatory Action Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-350
Author(s):  
Zoë C. Meleo-Erwin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Fat Bodies ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Ethics And Politics

Participatory Action Research (PAR) may be conceived of as a politic or an epistemology rather than a rigid methodology. If this is the case, how can PAR inform other qualitative methodologies? How can qualitative researchers adopt the spirit of PAR without doing PAR work itself? In this work, I seek to explore these questions by reviewing how PAR can guide my future dissertation work on the productive effects of the obesity epidemic. I examine how I might base my research in the ethics and politics of social justice and yet also remain open to and accountable for the ways in which my choice of methods reflects what can be seen as the colonizing approach of traditional social science.

scholarly journals Development of an Internet-Administered Cognitive Behavior Therapy Program (ENGAGE) for Parents of Children Previously Treated for Cancer: Participatory Action Research Approach (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wikman ◽  
Laura Kukkola ◽  
Helene Börjesson ◽  
Martin Cernvall ◽  
Joanne Woodford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Previously Treated

BACKGROUND Parenting a child through cancer is a distressing experience, and a subgroup of parents report negative long-term psychological consequences years after treatment completion. However, there is a lack of evidence-based psychological interventions for parents who experience distress in relation to a child’s cancer disease after end of treatment. OBJECTIVE One aim of this study was to develop an internet-administered, cognitive behavior therapy–based, psychological, guided, self-help intervention (ENGAGE) for parents of children previously treated for cancer. Another aim was to identify acceptable procedures for future feasibility and efficacy studies testing and evaluating the intervention. METHODS Participatory action research methodology was used. The study included face-to-face workshops and related Web-based exercises. A total of 6 parents (4 mothers, 2 fathers) of children previously treated for cancer were involved as parent research partners. Moreover, 2 clinical psychologists were involved as expert research partners. Research partners and research group members worked collaboratively throughout the study. Data were analyzed iteratively using written summaries of the workshops and Web-based exercises parallel to data collection. RESULTS A 10-week, internet-administered, cognitive behavior therapy–based, psychological, guided, self-help intervention (ENGAGE) was developed in collaboration with parent research partners and expert research partners. The content of the intervention, mode and frequency of e-therapist support, and the individualized approach for feedback were modified based on the research partner input. Shared solutions were reached regarding the type and timing of support from an e-therapist (eg, initial video or telephone call, multiple methods of e-therapist contact), duration and timing of intervention (eg, 10 weeks, 30-min assessments), and the removal of unnecessary support functions (eg, removal of chat and forum functions). Preferences for study procedures in future studies testing and evaluating the intervention were discussed; consensus was not reached for all aspects. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first use of a participatory action research approach to develop a psychological intervention for parents of children previously treated for cancer and to identify acceptable study procedures. Involvement of parents with lived experience was vital in the development of a potentially relevant and acceptable intervention for this population.

scholarly journals Penerapan Cognitive Behaviour Therapy dalam Mengembangkan Kepribadian Remaja di Panti Asuhan

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Dewi Khurun Aini
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses dan respon pelaksanaan “Pendekatan Brainology dan Psikologi Positif (CBT)” dalam mengembangkan kepribadian remaja putri yang berada di panti asuhan Aisyiyah Ronggowarsito Semarang. Penelitian ini melibatkan 30 responden remaja putri Panti Asuhan Aisyiyah sebagai subjek penelitian. Metodologi penelitian pada kajian ini adalah participatory action research. Metodologi ini merupakan salah satu model penelitian yang mencari sesuatu untuk menghubungkan proses penelitian ke dalam proses perubahan sosial. Perubahan sosial yang dimaksud adalah bagaimana dalam proses pemberdayaan dapat mewujudkan tiga tolak ukur, yakni adanya komitmen bersama dengan masyarakat dan adanya institusi baru dalam masyarakat yang dibangun berdasarkan kebutuhan. Sementara, untuk hasil dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan analisis data, data yang sudah terkumpul dibuat dalam matriks, analisisi ini disebut analisis interaktif. Dalam matriks akan disajikan penggalan-penggalan data deskriptif sekitar peristiwa atau pengalaman masyarakat tertentu. Tahapan-tahapan analisisnya berupa pengumpulan data (data collection), reduksi data (data reduction), penyajian data (data display), penarikan kesimpulan (conclutions). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Program pengembangan kepribadian remaja putri yang berada di panti asuhan dengan pendekatan Cognitive Behaviour Therapy dapat meningkatkan kemampuan kognitif dan perilaku subjek penelitian. Subjek penelitian melakukan interaksi sosial dengan baik, sehingga subjek penelitian tetap menjaga hubungan atau kontak sosial, sehingga subjek penelitian merasa tidak sendiri. Kepribadian remaja putri panti semakin berkembang menjadi lebih baik.

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