Learning Power and Building Community: Parent-Initiated Participatory Action Research as a Tool for Organizing Community

The article presents research on community organizing in order to improve educational equality, using the methodology of participatory action research (PAR). The study focuses on the efforts of African American and Latino communities in Berkeley, California that used the methods of building power an...

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Main Author: Fuentes, Emma (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 69-83
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Participant Observation
Educational equalization > United States
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Education
Educational change research
Community Organization
Action research in education
Hispanic American students
African American students
Minority students' associations
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Summary:The article presents research on community organizing in order to improve educational equality, using the methodology of participatory action research (PAR). The study focuses on the efforts of African American and Latino communities in Berkeley, California that used the methods of building power and community to achieve school reform that addressed educational inequalities. A definition of learning power is provided and the debate over how underrepresented communities can organize for educational change is discussed.
ISSN:2327-641X