Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research in Education

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Using community based participatory research, students in this course will learn a research method that interrogates issues of positionality, power, and equity. Community-based participatory research removes research solely from the realm of academia and engages the community in every part of the research project by centering the voices and perspectives of community members. Central to the course and the method of research are issues of power, trust, reform, ethics, and community partnership. Students in this course will work directly with community organizations to understand the problems of the organization, identify research questions that the organization seeks to understand, and highlight a research plan. Partnership, collaboration, and consultancy are central to every phase of this type of research. Student researchers will conclude by providing recommendations to the community organizations.