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Michael Wrentschur; Gert Dressel; Katharina Heimerl; Lisa Hofer; Klaus Wegleitner – Educational Action Research, 2025
This article addresses the question of how theatre interventions as elements of a participatory and action-oriented research design can contribute to justice-oriented Caring Community processes. Caring Communities are local initiatives that strengthen everyday solidarity through civic engagement and neighbourhood support, link informal and formal…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Caring, Civics, Participatory Research
Anna Fabri; Anna Jobér – Educational Action Research, 2024
This paper reports on a two-year project focusing on health communicators working with refugees in Sweden. By employing participatory action research and the theory of practice architectures, the study examines a health information practice for newly arrived refugees and highlights its potentials and constraints. The joint meetings that occurred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Participatory Research, Action Research
Amy Anderson; Julia Pryce; Wendy de los Reyes; Rachel Bennett; Michael Garringer – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2025
For many years, those who work in the mentoring field have wondered how they can extend the impact of their programs beyond the benefits experienced by young people they serve. There has been an increasing desire within our field to harness the power of mentoring to enable the youth served in a program to not just grow individually, but to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation
Atlar, Hilal; Uzuner, Yildiz – Online Submission, 2023
Children with hearing loss show a similar development to their hearing peers in terms of the development of oral and written language. They may experience some delays in oral language skills, which is one of the sub-fields of literacy. Children with hearing loss in the preschool period in Turkey receive support education services from preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Hearing Impairments, Deafness
Robinson, Fiona; Piggot Irvine, Eileen; Youngs, Howard; Cady, Phil – Educational Action Research, 2019
The aim of this paper is to share the results of a global inquiry into the outcomes and impacts of action research (AR) projects. This is one of a series of papers associated with the Evaluative Study of Action Research (ESAR), an initiative launched by an international team of seven action researchers, to understand if the espoused intents…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Pinn, Justin Michael Shawn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As low-income youth of color seek to persevere and succeed against the odds, afterschool programs have become a growing resource and support for many of these low-income youth and their families. However, the body of research concerning the impact of afterschool programs is largely inconclusive and there is still a growing urgency to determine the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students
Meghan Rens; Epke Vogel; Daniëlla van Uden; Willem Kleinendorst – European Training Foundation, 2023
The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research, Program Evaluation
Kimberlee Everson; Lynn Hemmer; Kelly M. Torres; Suha Tamim – Myers Education Press, 2024
"The Importance of the Dissertation in Practice (DiP): A Resource Guide for EdD Students, Their Committee Members and Advisors, and Departmental and University Leaders Involved with EdD Programs" is the first book-length study that looks at the elements of high-quality Dissertations in Practice (DiPs). It serves as a resource for EdD…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Darwin, Stephen; Barahona, Malba – Educational Action Research, 2023
Action research is characteristically used to provide research experience for late-stage, pre-service teachers as a means of breaching the perceived divide between theoretical knowledge and contexts of practice. However, aside from the considerable methodological challenges of enacting action research itself, pre-service teachers also enter…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
Keller, Kimberly J. M.; Mott, Rebecca – Journal of Extension, 2020
Photovoice is a technique in which a facilitator guides a participant to produce a photograph and accompanying caption that reflects the participant's unique views regarding a topic. The photovoice process is designed to be used with a wide range of audiences. This article describes ways Extension educators can incorporate photovoice into the…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Program Evaluation, Extension Education
Developing Context-Specific Peace Education Initiatives with Local Communities: Lessons from Bolivia
Gittins, Phill – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
Peace education is often carried out without being appropriately adapted to the contexts in which it takes place and rarely involves those most affected by the work in the design and planning of their own initiatives. This article reports on an original participatory action research project designed to contextualise a peace education initiative…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research
Understanding Within-School Professional Learning: Teacher Perceptions of an Action Research Program
Mannell, David Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educational action research, a participatory research method, has garnered widespread attention in scholarship. Previous studies of the intentions and experiences of action researchers have indicated a need for a deeper understanding of within-school action research programs. However, conversations about the utility of educational research have…
Descriptors: Action Research, Program Evaluation, International Schools, Foreign Countries
Springett, Jane – Educational Action Research, 2017
Participatory Health Research is a collective term adopted globally for participatory action research in a health context. As an approach to research, it challenges current ways used within the health sciences to measure research impact as research, learning and action are integrated throughout the research process and dependent on context and…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Health Education, Action Research, Program Effectiveness
Pineda, Hedeliza; Lorca, Anne; Cortes, Sylvester; Gador, Sunliegh; Mangompit, Rowanne Marie; Pacaldo, Frances Jay; Lorca, Elven – Advanced Education, 2022
Anchored on Evans' professional development (PD) model, this study aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate a professional development program on designing participatory action research (PAR) projects for basic education teachers. The teachers are from Junior and Senior High School teaching English, Mathematics, and Science. The PD program…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Design, Participatory Research, Action Research
Uttamadhammo, Phramaha Paijit; Phrakrusutheejariyawattana – World Journal of Education, 2021
This research aimed to develop learning by e-learning system in Mahamakut Buddhist University, Mahavajiralongkorn Rajaviyalaya Campus. The method used in this study was Participatory Action Research that consisted of two cycles of planning, practice, observation, and reflection during two semesters in the academic year 2020. Twenty-one teachers…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Universities, Integrated Learning Systems, Action Research