The Accidental Advocate: Wearing Two Hats as Researcher and Advocate to Reach Young Children (HTML)
By Eva Marie Shivers
2006
Summary: This paper discusses a way to conduct the type of research that is respected by those in academia, yet also informs local community action and promotes social change. This type of research is termed “action-oriented research.” The purpose of action-oriented research is to generate knowledge that can be used to address practical concerns of local communities, organizations, and groups, and then incorporate local understandings of specific practices and issues. As an example of action-oriented research, work with family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care providers is highlighted. Understanding the impact of training and technical assistance for FFN child care providers is one of the key research policy questions. Working with agencies to create such programs could be included as an action-oriented research agenda.
Index Terms: Agendas, Child Advocacy, Family Friend and Neighbor Child Care, Strategic Planning, Young Children, Research
Publisher: Zero to Three
Publication Type: Reference (General), Viewpoints
Pages: 4 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/FeatureArticle_4_2_07_BM.pdf?docID=3021
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