Situated Learning: Systemic Analysis and Collaborative Action With Urban Youth

• In Event: 75.041 - MTCC Roundtable Session 33
  In Roundtable Session: 75.041-7 - Youth-Led Participatory Action Research: A Research Approach to Bring About Productive Change in the Community

Abstract

Examining the curriculum and teaching approaches in a youth-led participatory action research (PAR), this study examines the process through which youth participants developed a proposal for productive change in their local community and presented it to community decision-makers. The study explores the ways in which the curriculum and pedagogy engaged a pedagogy of praxis. The discussion examines the ways in which a pedagogy of praxis increased critical analysis skills, situated learning in young people’s lived experiences and applied learning to an action plan for community change.

Author

• Dana E. Wright, Connecticut College