An Attractive Choice: Education Researchers' Use of Participatory Methodology

Autor/inn/en	Ebersohn, L.; Ferreira, R.; Beukes, J.
Titel	An Attractive Choice: Education Researchers' Use of Participatory Methodology
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Higher Education, 26 (2012) 3, S.455-471 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1011-3487
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Research Methodology; Communities of Practice; Trend Analysis; Conferences (Gatherings); Researchers; Participatory Research; Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Teachers; Colleges; Higher Education; Research Projects; Research and Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Community; Trendanalyse; Researcher; Forscher; Forschungstätigkeit; Co-operation; Kooperation; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungsvorhaben; Forschung und Entwicklung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Participatory methodologies are often favoured in education research. This study aimed to determine collaborative partnership trends between education researchers and teachers in order to understand the use of participatory theory and practice in education studies. Seven symposium presentations by education scholars from various higher education institutions were analysed using trend analysis from a community of practice theoretical framework. It emerged that participatory methodology denotes various characteristics which indicate favourable use by education researchers. Partnerships between education researchers and teachers share common goals, are contextual in nature, have a process-oriented emphasis and foreground knowledge exchange and the development of knowledge networks. In addition, collaborative partnerships between education researchers and teachers appear to be directed by an overarching philosophy of "care". (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10