Doing Participatory Action Research and Doing a PhD: Words of Encouragement for Prospective Students

Autor/in	Klocker, Natascha
Titel	Doing Participatory Action Research and Doing a PhD: Words of Encouragement for Prospective Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36 (2012) 1, S.149-163 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2011.589828
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Participatory Research; Graduate Students; Doctoral Degrees; Geography; Time to Degree; Research Projects; Foreign Countries; Individualism; Child Labor; Housework; Child Care; Activism; Australia; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Geografie; Forschungsvorhaben; Ausland; Individualismus; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Hausarbeit; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Australien; Tansania
Abstract	Participatory action research (PAR) carries the promise that academics can make a difference, an appealing prospect for many postgraduate students. This paper is written by an early career researcher who "survived" a PAR PhD. Despite acknowledging the unique challenges faced by students attempting PAR, it argues that these have been overstated in much of the literature. This paper offers a detailed personal insight into the ways in which PAR and PhDs do (and do not) mix, and argues that successful PAR PhDs can be undertaken, contra the prevailing despondent rhetoric. It concludes with suggestions for "energizing" PAR in graduate geographical education. (Contains 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10