Full Description
Community-based research (CBR) refers to collaborative investigation by academics and non-academic community members that fosters positive change on a local level. Despite recent trends toward engaged scholarship, few publications demonstrate how to effectively integrate CBR into academic course work or take advantage of its potential for achieving community change. Community-Based Research: Teaching for Community Impact fills these gaps by providing: * An overview of language and methods used by professionals engaged in CBR* A framework for orienting CBR toward concrete community outcomes* Effective ways to integrate CBR into course content, student-driven projects, and initiatives spanning disciplines, curricula, campuses and countries* Lessons learned in working toward positive outcomes for students and in communitiesThis text is designed for faculty, graduate students, service-learning and other engaged learning and scholarship practitioners, alliance members, special interest groups, and organizations that desire to strengthen student learning and utilize research for improvement in their communities.
Contents
Figures and Tables Foreword Timothy K. Eatman Acknowledgments Introduction Mary Beckman and Joyce F. Long PART ONE. DEFINITIONS, ORIENTING FRAMEWORKS, AND PARTNERS Mary Beckman 1. The Language and Methods Of Community Research James M. Frabutt and Kelly N. Graves 2. The Role of Community-Based Research in Achieving Community Impact Mary Beckman and Danielle Wood 3. Community-Based Research From the Perspective of the Community Partners Jessica Quaranto and Debra Stanley 4. Why Teach Community-Based Research? A Story of Developing Faculty Interest Joyce F. Long, Paul Schadewald, and Brooke Kiener PART TWO. GUIDING COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH TOWARD COMMUNITY OUTCOMES AND STUDENT LEARNING Joyce F. Long 5. The Power Model Five Core Elements for Teaching Community-Based Research Jennifer M. Pigza 6. Applying the Power Model in a Second-Language Class Rachel Parroquin with Emily Geiger-Medina 7. Multicampus Partnerships Studying the Feasibility of Buying Local Christopher S. Ruebeck 8. Meeting The Objectives Of Faculty Engagement In Undergraduate Community-Based Research Projects Anna Sims Bartel and Georgia Nigro 9. Mathematical Modeling + A Community Partner = the Fulfillment of Student Learning Objectives Ethan Berkove 10. Strategic Training Goals Preparing Graduate Students to Conduct School-Based Action Research Anthony C. Holter and James M. Frabutt 11. Working Through the Challenges of Globally Engaged Research Elizabeth Tryon and Norbert Steinhaus 12. Deepening Levels of Engagement What Works, What Doesn't, and the Important Role of a Community-Based Research Center Judith Owens-Manley 13. Engagement With the Common Good Curriculum and Evaluation of a Long-Term Commitment Amy Lee Persichetti, Beth Sturman, and Jeff Gingerich 14. Reflections on a Graduate Student's Dissertation Experience Using Community Data for Research and Mentoring Jody Nicholson PART THREE. COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH IN COMMUNITY-WIDE LONG-TERM EFFORTS Mary Beckman 15. The Poverty Initiative in Rockbridge County, Virginia Don E. Dailey and David Dax 16. Learning to Co-Construct Solutions to Urban School Challenges in Los Angeles Adrianna Kezar and Sylvia Rousseau 17. Community-Based Research and Development in Haiti Leveraging Multiple Resources for Maximum Impact Anthony Vinciguerra 18. Progressive Projects on Parent Involvement Joyce F. Long Conclusion Themes, Challenges, and Thoughts About the Future Mary Beckman Editors and Contributors Index
