The emancipatory potential of transformative mixed methods designs: informing youth participatory action research and restorative practices within a district-wide school transformation project
| Autor: | Tracy Arámbula Ballysingh, Lance C. Smith, Bernice Raveche Garnett, Mika Moore, Colby T. Kervick, Eliaquin A. Gonell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Multimethodology
05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Participatory action research Education Restorative practices Transformative learning 0504 sociology Power structure Consciousness raising Engineering ethics Sociology Action research 0503 education Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 42:305-316 |
| ISSN: | 1743-7288 1743-727X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1743727x.2019.1598355 |
| Popis: | This paper considers the emancipatory potential of incorporating youth participatory action research (YPAR) and restorative practices (RP) implementation into a transformative mixed methods study design as a means to create equitable and caring school systems for marginalized youth. The utilization of transformative mixed methods research offers a methodological orientation to legitimize, illuminate, and prioritize perspectives from marginalized youth that may be undervalued, decontextualized, and oversimplified in traditional quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Furthermore, the authors suggest that YPAR and RP align with Critical Theory and Quantitative Criticalism, which are theoretical and methodological frameworks consistent with the transformative paradigm. The integration of these various theoretical, methodological and applied frameworks provides researchers opportunities to flatten hierarchies and actively engage marginalized youth to address the structural and programmati... |
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