Imagining New Educational Possibilities Through Participatory Qualitative Methods

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Reimagining Participatory Qualitative Methodologies Across Time, Space, and Context (Table 23)

Abstract

A growing body of scholarship has outlined the value of research-practice partnerships as venues for addressing urgent problems of practice in education. While such partnerships represent a promising strategy for advancing equity, effective collaboration across research and practice is complex to realize. In this paper, we examine data from two partnership projects to identify strategies for actualizing participatory qualitative methods across levels of the education system. Findings highlight the complexities and possibilities of three aspects of qualitative partnership research: gaining and sustaining access to politically complex spaces, maintaining authentic reciprocity, and making meaning across data. These insights can inform future efforts to foster reciprocal partnerships that support the co-construction of educational possibilities.

Authors

• Hayley Ryan Weddle, University of Pittsburgh

• Gabrielle Oliveira, Harvard University