Transcript BTU Presentation

Using Youth Participatory Action
Research (YPAR) to Engage Young
People in Interrogating Their
Schooling Experiences
Presenters: Dara Bayer, Mikayla Batts, Chris Buttimer, Mariama
Coker Kallon, Jackie Mallard, Kharimah Muhammad, Ja’hari
Ortega, Frangeli Ramirez, Irene Sampson, Issel Solano-Sanchez
Agenda
● Introductions
● Setting the context
● Student
presentations and
discussion forum
● Open Q&A
Who we are...
● Boston Arts Academy (BAA) Students
● BAA Humanities II Teacher
● HGSE Doc Student
What is YPAR?
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Youth Participatory Action Research, or
YPAR, is a research methodology that employs
the participants themselves – the youth – as
researchers, positioning them as experts in the
research contexts
Steps in the YPAR process
o Identify a problem in their community
o Collect data on the problem using
various research methodologies
o Analyze the data
o Draw up an action plan based on the data
o Take collective action in addressing the
problem in the hopes of creating positive
change in their communities.
YPAR at BAA
● Teacher-researcher
partnership
● YPAR as part of the
Hum II curriculum
● BAA and a focus on
the arts
Presentation #1
Research Topic: Relevant Curricula
Artistic Product: Skit
Presenters: Issel, Mariama, Irene
Presentation #2
Research Topic: Life Skills and Real-World
Learning
Artistic Product: Spoken Word
Presenters: Ja’hari, Kharimah, Mikayla
Presentation #3
Research Topic: Arts Education
Artistic Product: Animation
Presenters: Jackie
Animation:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByBuT
WveP1nfbnRuZ0xhU1FuQ2c/edit
Presentation #4
Research Topic: Discipline and School
Uniforms
Artistic Product: Dance
Presenters: Frangeli
Music:
https://soundcloud.com/mixes/futuregar
age-net-volume-5-mix
Q&A
● Ask us anything!
THANK YOU!!!
● Feel free to contact Chris ([email protected])
for teaching resources, or for any questions on how to
do action-oriented research
● Feel free to contact Dara
([email protected]) with any questions
on teaching with a critical pedagogy/ethnic studies
stance
● Check out our website and give us feedback at:
http://baahumresearch.wordpress.com/