RT Article
T1 Learning Power and Building Community: Parent-Initiated Participatory Action Research as a Tool for Organizing Community
JF Social justice
VO 36
IS 4
SP 69
OP 83
A1 Fuentes, Emma
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747363979
AB 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.
K1 Participant Observation
K1 Educational equalization -- United States
K1 Evaluation research (Social action programs)
K1 Education
K1 Educational change research
K1 Community Organization
K1 Action research in education
K1 Hispanic American students
K1 African American students
K1 Minority students' associations