The complexities of participatory action research and the problems of power, identity and influence

References

• Ayers, William. 2004. Teaching the Personal and the Political: Essays on Hope and Justice. New York: Teachers College Press.
   Google Scholar
• Barker, Jennifer, and Susan Weller. 2003. “Is It Fun? Developing Children Centred Research Methods.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 23 (1/2): 33–58.10.1108/01443330310790435
   Google Scholar
• Bell, Judith. 2010. Doing Your Research Project. Buckingham: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Berg Powers, Cara, and Erin Allaman. 2012. “How Participatory Action Research Can Promote Social Change and Help Youth Development.” http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/KBWParticipatoryActionResearch2012.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Bray, John, Joyce Lee, Linda Smith, and Lyle Yorks. 2000. Collaborative Inquiry in Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Brooker, Linda. 2001. “Interviewing Children.” In Doing Early Childhood Research: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice, edited by Glenda Mac Naughton, Sharne Rolfe, and Iram Siraj-Blatchford, 162–177. Crows Nest, Australia: Allen and Unwin.
   Google Scholar
• Brydon-Miller, Mary, Michael Kral, Michael Patricia Maguire, Susan Noffke, and Anu Sabhlok. 2011. “Jazz and the Banyan Tree: Roots and Riffs on Participatory Action Research.” In The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, edited by Norman Denzin, and Yvonna Lincoln, 4th ed., 387–400. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Carr, Wilfred, and Stephen Kemmis. 1986. Becoming Critical: Knowing through Action Research. London: Falmer Press.
   Google Scholar
• Christians, Clifford. 2006. “Communitarianism: A Third Way.” Media Ethics 17 (2): 5–16.
   Google Scholar
• Coady, Michelle. 2010. Ethics in Early Childhood Research. In Doing Early Childhood Research: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice, edited by Glenda Mac Naughton, Sharne Rolfe, and Iram Siraj-Blatchford, 73–84. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.
   Google Scholar
• Connolly, Paul. 2003. “The Development of Young Children’s Ethnic Identities: Implications for Early Years Practice.” In Social Justice, Education and Identity, edited by Colin Vincent, 166–184. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
   Google Scholar
• Corsaro, William. 2005. The Sociology of Childhood. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
   Google Scholar
• David, Thomas. 1992. “‘Do We Have to Do This?’ The Children Act 1989 and Obtaining Children’s Views in Early Childhood Settings.” Children and Society 6 (3): 204–211.
   Google Scholar
• DEEWR (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations). 2009. Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework of Australia. Canberra: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Denzin, Norman, and Yvonna Lincoln. 2003. The Landscape of Qualitative Research: Theories and Issues. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Denzin, Norman, and Yvonna Lincoln. 2005. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Denzin, Norman, and Yvonna Lincoln. 2011. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Derman-Sparks, Linda, and Patricia Ramsey. 2011. What If All the Kids Are White? Anti-bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families. New York: Teachers College Press.
   Google Scholar
• Einarsdottir, Johanna. 2007. “Research with Children: Methodological and Ethical Challenges.” European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 15 (2): 197–211.10.1080/13502930701321477
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fals Borda, Orlando. 1988. Knowledge and People’s Power. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
   Google Scholar
• Fine, Michelle, Maria Torre, Kathy Boudin, Iris Bowden, Judith Clark, Donna Hylton, Migdalia Martinez, Melissa Rivera, Rosemarie Roberts, Pamela Smart, and Debora Upegui. 2004. “Participatory Action Research: From within and beyond Prison Bars.” In Working Method: Research and Social Justice, edited by Lois Weis and Michelle Fine, 95–120. New York: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Flewitt, Rachel. 2005. “Conducting Research with Young Children: Some Ethical Considerations.” Early Childhood Development and Care 175 (6): 553–565.10.1080/03004430500131338
   Google Scholar
• Freire, Paulo. 1993. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. London: Penguin Books.
   Google Scholar
• Gergen, Mary, and Kenneth Gergen. 2003. “Qualitative Inquiry: Tensions and Transformations.” In The Landscape of Qualitative Research: Theories and Issues, edited by Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, 2nd ed., 575–610. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Goldstein, Larry. 2000. “Ethical Dilemmas in Designing Collaborative Research: Lessons Learned the Hard Way.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 13 (5): 517–530.10.1080/09518390050156431
   Google Scholar
• Greene, Maxine. 1995. Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts and Social Change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
   Google Scholar
• Greenwood, Davydd, and Morten Levin. 2005. “Reconstructing the Relationships between Universities and Society through Action Research.” In The Landscape of Qualitative Research, edited by Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, 2nd ed., 131–166. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Habermas, Jurgen. 1996. Between Facts and Norms. Translated and edited by William Rehg. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
   Google Scholar
• Hawkins, Karen. 2014. “Teaching for Social Justice, Social Responsibility and Social Inclusion: A Respectful Pedagogy for Twenty-first Century Early Childhood Education.” European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 22 (5): 723–738.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heron, John, and Peter Reason. 2006. “The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research ‘With’ rather than ‘On’ People.” In The Handbook of Action Research, edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury, 144–154. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Herr, Kathryn, and Gary Anderson. 2005. The Action Research Dissertation: A Guide for Students and Faculty. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Hill, Malcolm. 2005. “Ethical Considerations in Researching Children’s Experience.” In Researching Children’s Experiences, edited by Shelia Green and Diane Hogan, 61–86. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Jordan, Steven. 2008. “Participatory Action Research.” In The Sage Encyclopaedia of Qualitative Research Methods, vol. 2, edited by Lisa Given, 987–989. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Kemmis, Stephen, and Robert McTaggart. 2005. “Participatory Action Research: Communicative Action and the Public Sphere.” In The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, edited by Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, 3rd ed., 559–603. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Kemmis, Stephen, and Mervyn Wilkinson. 1998. “PAR and the Study of Practice.” In Action Research in Practice: Partnerships for Social Justice, edited by Bill Atwah, Stephen Kemmis, and Patricia Weeks, 21–36. New York: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Mac Naughton, Glenda. 2001. “Action Research.” In Doing Early Childhood Research: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice, edited by Glenda Mac Naughton, Sharne Rolfe, and Iram Siraj-Blatchford, 208–223. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.
   Google Scholar
• Maguire, Patricia. 2006. “Uneven Ground: Feminisms in Action Research.” In The Handbook of Action Research, edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury, 60–70. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Martin, Gregory, lisahunter, and Peter McLaren. 2006. “Participatory Activist Research (Teams)/Action Research.” In Doing Educational Research – A Handbook, edited by Kenneth Tobin and Joe Kincheloe, 157–190. Rotterdam: Sense.
   Google Scholar
• McIntyre, Alice. 2008. Participatory Action Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.10.4135/9781483385679
   Google Scholar
• Mundine, Kerry, and Miriam Giugni. 2006. Difference and Diversity: Lighting the Spirit of Identity. Watson, ACT: Early Childhood Australia.
   Google Scholar
• Nixon, Diane, and Michelle Aldwinkle. 2005. Exploring Child Development from Three to Six. 2nd ed. South Melbourne, VIC: Thomson/Social Science Press.
   Google Scholar
• Noddings, Nel. 2005. “What Have We Learned?” In Educating Citizens for Global Awareness, edited by Nel Noddings, 122–135. New York: Teacher’s College Press.
   Google Scholar
• Peters, Michael, Mark Olssen, and Colin Lankshear, eds. 2003. Futures of Critical Theory: Dreams of Difference. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
   Google Scholar
• Powney, James, and Matthew Watts. 1987. Interviewing in Educational Research. London: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Reason, Peter, and Hilary Bradbury. 2006. “Introduction: Inquiry and Participation in Search of a World Worthy of Human Aspiration.” In Handbook of Action Research, edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury, 1–14. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Robinson, Chris, and Mary Kellett. 2004. “Power.” In Doing Research with Children and Young People, edited by Sandy Fraser, Vicky Lewis, Sharon Ding, Mary Kellett, and Chris Robinson, 81–96. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Rogoff, Barbara. 2003. The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Ryan, Sharon, and Sheralyn Campbell. 2001. “Doing Research for the First Time.” In Doing Early Childhood Research: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice, edited by Glenda Mac Naughton, Sharne Rolfe, and Iram Siraj-Blatchford, 56–63. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.
   Google Scholar
• Siraj-Blatchford, Iram. 1995. The Early Years: Laying the Foundations for Racial Equality. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books.
   Google Scholar
• Skolimowski, Henryk. 1995. The Participatory Mind: A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe (Arcana). London: Penguin.
   Google Scholar
• Torres, Myriam. 2004. “The Role of Participatory Democracy in the Critical Praxis of Social Justice.” In Social Justice in These Times, edited by James O’Donnell, Marc Pruyn, and Rudolfo Chavez Chavez, 15–32. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
   Google Scholar
• Wadsworth, Yoland. 2006. “The Mirror, the Magnifying Glass, the Compass and the Map: Facilitating Participatory Action Research.” In Handbook of Action Research, edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury, 322–334. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Whitmore, Elizabeth, and Colette McKee. 2006. “Six Street Youth Who Could.” In Handbook of Action Research, edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury, 297–303. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar