Full Description
This volume brings together diverse thinkers and practitioners on Participatory Action Research (PAR) and educational development in South Asia. Contributors draw from their research and field experiences on how PAR is currently being understood, theorized, debated, and implemented for education of children in South Asia. This book will act as a key reference text for academics, students, and practitioners interested in the intersection of education and participatory development in the region. The book opens a constructive debate on PAR approaches to education and proposes a reflective framework that allows the reader to develop their perspectives about the conceptual, methodological, and sociopolitical potential and limitations of participatory approaches.
Contents
IntroductionApproaches and DebatesChapter 1. Defining PAR to Refine PAR: Theorizing Participatory Action Research in South Asian Educational ContextsChapter 2. Utilizing "a version of PAR" to explore children's voices on inclusion: The case of two primary schools in Bangladesh Chapter 3. The ASER `Translating Policy into Practice' Toolkit: From Participatory Action Research to Evidence-Based ActionChapter 4. Northern Province Education System in Sri Lanka: Participatory Review, Recommendation, Implementation and Monitoring Chapter 5. Unpacking Participation: The Case of Child-Centered Pedagogy in IndiaChapter 6. Learning and evolving in Hybrid Learning: a PAR perspectiveChapter 7. Reclaiming the collective: challenging neoliberal ideology through PARChapter 8. Applying participatory action research to program evaluation in education policyCase Study 1: Photovoice & Girls' Education in Gujarat, IndiaCase Study 2: Utlizing memoing as a reflexive tool in PARCase Study 3: One Moment of Participatory Data AnalysisCase Study 4: Shikshagiri - Including Marginalised children in Policy and Praxis of EducationConclusion: Reading and Rewriting South Asia
