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Participatory action research and impact: an ecological ripples perspective
- Source :
- Educational Action Research. 25:525-540
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Assessment of the impact of varied forms of participatory research is enhanced by specific attention to the ripples, such work initiates in the social context. Ripples are defined as consequences either unintended or unanticipated by those carrying out the participatory research. Following a brief documentation of the range of reported ripples in reports describing participatory research, an ecological perspective drawing on the interdependence principle of ecological systems theory is presented as a framework for assessing impact by attending to ripples in the local context. Community asset mapping and social network analysis are described as examples of ways of describing and documenting environmental ripples, and strategies for both anticipating and reviewing ripples post hoc are discussed. The importance of developing cognitive maps of local ecology is stressed as critical to the assessment of the multiple potential impacts of participatory research.
- Subjects :
- 030505 public health
business.industry
Ecology
05 social sciences
Environmental resource management
050301 education
Participatory action research
Context (language use)
Ecological systems theory
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Documentation
Participatory GIS
Sociology
Asset (economics)
Hardware_ARITHMETICANDLOGICSTRUCTURES
Action research
0305 other medical science
business
0503 education
Social network analysis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17475074 and 09650792
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Educational Action Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5c3fd3d7cb255152283ce67373ae1aa7