Course Description
Community-based learning to examine youth experiences in a changing urban landscape. Students will engage with theories of participatory and youth research methods in an applied setting.
Athena Title
Youth Participatory Research
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LLED 8055
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will: • Engage with guiding theories in Youth Participatory Action Research (examples may include Civic Youth Engagement, Community Engaged Scholarship, and/or Multimodal Literacies) • Implement, with youth, a research curriculum that focuses on the development of youth voice and youth civic engagement (examples may include arts-based research or multimodal literacies research) • Conduct case study research with youth partners, examining how participatory action research supports community-centered issues, such as the development of multi-literacies that afford new civic identities in adolescents • Develop, with youth, projects for community change rooted in the principles of youth empowerment and civic participation
Topical Outline
1. Introduction to Youth Participatory Action Research, theories, and practice 2. Principles and outlines of Humanizing Research in Education and Community Work 3. Multimodal research approaches and the value of performance in the development of youth voice 4. Designing action research studies in educational or community settings 5. Data gathering approaches, analysis, and synthesis 6. Development of projects for community change, centering youth voice