Commentary: Participatory Action Research Leads to Sustainable School and Community Improvement

Autor/in	Hughes, Jan N.
Titel	Commentary: Participatory Action Research Leads to Sustainable School and Community Improvement
Quelle	In: School Psychology Review, 32 (2003) 1, S.38-43 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0279-6015
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Abuse; Research Projects; Action Research; Research Methodology; Prevention; Preschool Children; Participatory Research; Comparative Analysis; Community Involvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Forschungsvorhaben; Projektforschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschungstätigkeit
Abstract	Fantuzzo, McWayne, and Bulotsky (2003) describe a collaborative community research program that aims to decrease the population incidence of child maltreatment and build preschool children's competencies. Additionally, Fantuzzo and his colleagues have demonstrated their commitment to collaborate with community residents, practitioners, and agencies to apply research-based conceptualizations and empirical findings to building a community's capacity to protect its most vulnerable children. This collaborative community research program is an exemplar of the successful integration of two prevention research traditions: the investigator-driven research model and the participatory action research model. In this commentary, the author first compares the goals, assumptions, methods, benefits, and limitations of each approach to school and community prevention research. Next, the author argues that the integration of traditional director-driven prevention research methods and participatory action research methods, as illustrated in the Fantuzzo et al. (2003) article, is essential to the goal of sustained and effective community prevention efforts. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10