Community Alliances and Participatory Action Research as a Mechanism for Re-Politicising Social Action for Students in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Lau, Emily; Body, Alison
Titel	Community Alliances and Participatory Action Research as a Mechanism for Re-Politicising Social Action for Students in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Educational Action Research, 29 (2021) 5, S.738-754 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-0792
DOI	10.1080/09650792.2020.1772093
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Participatory Research; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Undergraduate Students; Political Attitudes; Social Action; Service Learning; Social Problems; Community Organizations; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Preservice Teacher Education; Early Childhood Education; Student Attitudes; Outcomes of Education; College Faculty; School Community Relationship; Children; Preschool Children; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Soziales Handeln; Service-Learning; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Schülerverhalten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Fakultät; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Großbritannien
Abstract	Evidence from the UN World Youth Report (2015) suggests that young people, while increasingly disengaged with formal political processes, are motivated by cause-related social action. Higher Education (HE), through research and partnership, provides ideal learning spaces to explore cause-related social action. However, as HE partnership opportunities continue to be reframed under a narrative of employability and one-off participation, there is a risk that these experiences miss an opportunity to critically engage young people with issues at a socio-political level. This research paper considers the potential of participatory action research (PAR) as a pedagogical mechanism for re-politicising social action for students in a UK HE context. The project explores the experiences of 160 undergraduate students, working in partnership with 400 young children, aged 2-10 years, to investigate and co-construct their views and action concerning causes represented by local community organisations. Findings suggest that using participatory, youth-action approaches students shifted their self-identified positions from a non-social-orientated approach to establishing them as advocates for causes and children's voices. We argue that PAR, as a learning experience, and service-learning pedagogy open up an alternative experience of social action through an educational context with engagement and consideration of social issues. In conclusion, we call for new alliances between HE, young people, and community organisations, to produce, through enquiry, critical knowledge aimed at social transformation, which can open-up authentic democratic spaces within the learning communities in HE and its networks. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01