Abstract
The Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning project is working toward building and integrating city-wide anti-poverty efforts. This paper examines the use of a Participatory Action Research framework for undertaking a quantitative survey and qualitative case study. It presents and analyzes the role of community/university collaboration, the nature of participation, and the outcomes in terms of actions and learning. Through the findings and reflections emerging from this project, the paper discusses key questions about participatory approaches in the studies of community organizing and implications to adult learning and education practices.
Keywords
community organizing, participatory action research, poverty reduction, learning
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Recommended Citation
Dalton, A.,
Ahmed, I.,
&
Sawan, J. E.
(2011).
Participatory Action Research and Anti-Poverty Community Organizing: Methodological Considerations and Preliminary Findings.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2011/papers/24
Participatory Action Research and Anti-Poverty Community Organizing: Methodological Considerations and Preliminary Findings
The Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning project is working toward building and integrating city-wide anti-poverty efforts. This paper examines the use of a Participatory Action Research framework for undertaking a quantitative survey and qualitative case study. It presents and analyzes the role of community/university collaboration, the nature of participation, and the outcomes in terms of actions and learning. Through the findings and reflections emerging from this project, the paper discusses key questions about participatory approaches in the studies of community organizing and implications to adult learning and education practices.
