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Community-Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices
Kerry J. Strand
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Description for Community-Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices
Hardcover. Serves as a guide on how to incorporate a powerful form of scholarship into academic settings. This book presents a model of Community-Based Research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Community-Based Research and Higher Education is the long-awaited guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups to address their own agendas and shape their own futures. At the same time it ... Read more
Community-Based Research and Higher Education is the long-awaited guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups to address their own agendas and shape their own futures. At the same time it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787962050
SKU
V9780787962050
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About Kerry J. Strand
Kerry Strand is the Andrew G. Truxal Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for Community Research, Hood College. Sam Marullo is associate professor and chair of the sociology department at Georgetown University and cofounder and director of the community Research and Learning (CoRAL) Network of Washington, D.C. Nick Cutforth is associate professor of educational leadership ... Read more
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