KP290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Participatory Action Research, Postpositivism, Data Analysis
17 Nov 2018
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Participatory action research (par) emergen in part in response to a distrust of traditional post-positivist research. Typically approached by researcher wtih political and social agendas. Participatory action research has been descried as the sum of its individuals terms (brydon-miller et al. , 2001, p. 388) Researchers and participants are involved in all phases if the research process. Primary goal of research is to create positive change to address injustices. Social process of gathering and asserting knowledge. Kemmis and mctaggart (2008) described seven key de ning features: Process to transform both theory and practice. Par studies do not necessarily have to include all seven de ning features. How then does one evaluate the merits of par. Smith and mcgannon (2013) identi ed characterizing traits that support researchers in making judgements about the quality of research. No one right way to do par studies. No distinct set of guidelines to follow. Typically conceptualized as a cyclical and iterative process.
