RT Article
T1 Critical Dilemmas in PAR: Toward a New Theory of Engaged Research for Social Change
JF Social justice
VO 36
IS 4
SP 14
OP 35
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747363944
AB The article presents research on the methods, dilemmas, and effects of participatory action research (PAR) in studies on students at an alternative high school for at-risk youth, undocumented university students, and low-income immigrant parents in a school reform effort. The author discusses and analyzes three critical dilemmas in PAR that arise between the theoretical values of PAR and its practical implementation related to power, authorship, and scale. The issue of researcher privilege is raised in relation to its hindering the achievement of lasting social change. In concluding, the author discusses how her attempts to pursue the political and ethical values of PAR led her to stray from original PAR methodologies.
K1 Social Change
K1 Cooperative inquiry
K1 Social science research
K1 Evaluation research (Social action programs)
K1 Education Research
K1 Research Methodology
K1 Research methodology evaluation
K1 Action Research