TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory action research and impact
T2 - an ecological ripples perspective
AU - Trickett, Edison J.
AU - Beehler, Sarah
PY - 2017/8/8
Y1 - 2017/8/8
N2 - Assessment of the impact of varied forms of participatory research is enhanced by specific attention to the ripples, such work initiates in the social context. Ripples are defined as consequences either unintended or unanticipated by those carrying out the participatory research. Following a brief documentation of the range of reported ripples in reports describing participatory research, an ecological perspective drawing on the interdependence principle of ecological systems theory is presented as a framework for assessing impact by attending to ripples in the local context. Community asset mapping and social network analysis are described as examples of ways of describing and documenting environmental ripples, and strategies for both anticipating and reviewing ripples post hoc are discussed. The importance of developing cognitive maps of local ecology is stressed as critical to the assessment of the multiple potential impacts of participatory research.
AB - Assessment of the impact of varied forms of participatory research is enhanced by specific attention to the ripples, such work initiates in the social context. Ripples are defined as consequences either unintended or unanticipated by those carrying out the participatory research. Following a brief documentation of the range of reported ripples in reports describing participatory research, an ecological perspective drawing on the interdependence principle of ecological systems theory is presented as a framework for assessing impact by attending to ripples in the local context. Community asset mapping and social network analysis are described as examples of ways of describing and documenting environmental ripples, and strategies for both anticipating and reviewing ripples post hoc are discussed. The importance of developing cognitive maps of local ecology is stressed as critical to the assessment of the multiple potential impacts of participatory research.
KW - Ecology
KW - asset mapping
KW - community assessment
KW - participatory research
KW - social networks
KW - unanticipated consequences
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U2 - 10.1080/09650792.2017.1299025
DO - 10.1080/09650792.2017.1299025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016126787
SN - 0965-0792
VL - 25
SP - 525
EP - 540
JO - Educational Action Research
JF - Educational Action Research
IS - 4
ER -