| Education, Participatory Action Research, and Social Change: International Perspectives 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Kapoor, D. (Editor), Jordan, S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230615139 ISBN-13: 9780230615137 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: Drawing primarily from critical traditions in social and educational research, this book frames contemporary issues and several conceptual, theoretical-analytical and onto-epistemmic approaches towards the development and practice of PAR (Participatory Action Research) in multiple educational spaces and initiatives for socio-cultural change. These environments consist primarily in indigenous and globally South (Africa, Asia, Latin America) contexts. These include indigenous conceptions from Berber (Algeria), Cree & Innuit (Canada), Maori (New Zealand), Adivasi (India) and African indigenous communities in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, while critical Euro-American traditions address neoliberal cooptation of PAR, Habermasian applications in higher education, critical pedagogy and critical ecological perspectives in North America and Australia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Comparative - Education | Research - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.407 |
| LCCN: 2009006635 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.06" W x 9.52" (1.16 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing primarily from critical traditions in social and educational research, this book frames contemporary issues and several conceptual, theoretical-analytical and onto-epistemic approaches towards the development and practice of PAR (Participatory Action Research) in multiple educational spaces and initiatives for socio-cultural change. |