RE: AJCP Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children.I like it. Hopefully you will add a page to the identity chapter saying which identity you were living in when you emailed your apology Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: Rachael Fox {PG} To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] AJCP Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children. Oops sorry!! Didn't mean to post that ignore it!! Must remember again to make sure I am emailing supervisor and not entire listserve... (a slightly embarassed) Rachael -----Original Message----- From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of Rachael Fox {PG} Sent: Fri 18/05/2007 10:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: AJCP Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children. That looks excellent I'll definately submit and abstract I have been working by the way! been working on the analysis in chapter 5; the last section on identity. it is now 14 pages... ! I still have to refine it alot and so hopefully edit it down, because it is rather long for one section of one chapter! Should have it finished this weekend and will hand it in for you to look at Monday Rachael -----Original Message----- From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of David Fryer Sent: Fri 18/05/2007 06:54 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: AJCP Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children. Forwarded FYI from the SCRA list ________________________________ From: SCRA-L Div27 General Membership List on behalf of Regina Day Langhout Sent: Fri 18/05/2007 01:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCRA-L] AJCP special issue open call Open Call! American Journal of Community Psychology Call for papers Special issue: Children as protagonists: Participatory action research in collaboration with children. Abstract due date: August 6, 2007 Participatory action research is a methodology that is growing in its use in social science and education research. PAR is a theoretical standpoint and collaborative methodology that is designed to ensure that those who are affected by the research project have a voice in that project. Cycles of a PAR project may include participants being engaged in any or all of the following: helping to formulate the problem definition, assessing the problem, determining an intervention, implementing the intervention, and assessing the intervention. Multiple methods are often used with PAR, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, photovoice, and observations. Although more articles are being published using a PAR conceptualization, few of these projects are conducted with younger children serving as collaborators. The purpose of this special issue is to bring together some of the best empirical and theoretical articles dealing with PAR with children, and to critically examine this process. In all cases, papers should deal with at least one of the following issues: individual and community mental and/or physical health; educational, legal, or work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social welfare and social justice; studies of social problems; evaluation of interventions; empowerment of marginal groups; collective social action; or institutional and organizational change. Possible topics include projects where children are involved as collaborators in one or more of the following: * Determining the problem definition * Assessing the problem * Determining an intervention * Implementing an intervention * Assessing an intervention Other possible topics include: * Ethical issues surrounding PAR with children * The role of the child in collaborative research given cultural constructions of childhood * Theoretical and practical lessons learned in conducting PAR with children * Political, social, and methodological implications of conducting PAR with children For all papers, children are defined as those who are of middle school age or younger. One page concept papers or abstracts are due August 6, 2007 and should be sent to Regina Langhout at [log in to unmask] or Elizabeth Thomas at [log in to unmask] Authors invited to write papers will be notified by September 3, 2007. Papers will be due December 31, 2007, must be in APA format, and will undergo the peer review process. -- Regina Day Langhout, PhD University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Psychology 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (831) 459-2535 "The concern of the social scientist should not be so much to explain the world as to transform it." -Ignacio Martin Baro "The assignment of pre-determined tasks for stakeholders is not participation. Participation means deciding, acting, reflecting, analyzing, interrupting, forming an opinion and being open to learn (and teach) from anyone sharing knowledge. It is not a neat and clean process." -Maritza Montero -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. 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