Journal or the Journalist: The Impact of the Ghanaian Experience on the Researcher

• In Event: 44.085 - Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: 44.085-4 - Biographical and Documentary Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

The recent push for turnaround schools championed by the United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has forced researchers to redefine how communities interact with schools. Researchers like, Rodriguez, and Warren, have searched for new definitions to define community while tackling the even harder question of; How does community impact schools. Theories forwarded by Bolds and Genits, Dewey, Kant, and others attempted to reconcile the school community relationship for the past 100 years. This work essentially the researcher as part of the process. Centering the transformative ways context impacts what is considered during the research process. Over fourteen days the researcher was embedded in the Ghanaian context and forced to examine his own epistemological views to reshape the research agenda.

Author

• Shaka Rawls, University of Illinois at Chicago