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'I enjoyed it because…you could do whatever you wanted and be creative': three principles for participatory research and pedagogy

Flewitt, R; Jones, P; Potter, J; Domingo, M; Collins, P; Munday, E; Stenning, K; (2018) 'I enjoyed it because…you could do whatever you wanted and be creative': three principles for participatory research and pedagogy. International Journal of Research and Method in Education , 41 (4) pp. 372-386. 10.1080/1743727X.2017.1405928. Green open access

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Abstract

The complexity of many children’s lives can result in their ideas being neither understood nor included in mainstream opportunities for learning, particularly children who are living with disadvantage. With a focus on developing ethical and inclusive principles for participatory research and pedagogy, this paper reports on a pilot project where we worked with young, hard-to-reach individuals across four sites in England to enable them to design and carry out research about their experiences and views of disadvantage. Here, we present snapshots of the young participants’ choices of research topics and methods, which reflected their own lives and interests, and led to powerful visualizations of the complexity of child and youth disadvantage. Reflecting back on the project, we discuss effective ways to initiate and sustain participatory research that can enable young researchers to be involved as active and empowered agents at every stage of the research process. We also consider the implications for developing participatory pedagogy, with researchers working alongside educators to create school cultures that foster belonging and genuinely support all students’ expertise and ways of knowing by looking beyond the school buildings and into their lives in the wider community.

Type: Article
Title: 'I enjoyed it because…you could do whatever you wanted and be creative': three principles for participatory research and pedagogy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2017.1405928
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2017.1405928
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Voice, pedagogy, participatory research, children, young people, disadvantage
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039608
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