Engaging Young People in a Research Project: The Complexities and Contributions of Using Participatory Methods With Young People in Schools

The lack of student engagement in school has been studied from different approaches. Participatory methods are gaining acceptance and relevance in educational research because they respond to both ethical and validity concerns. Since youth engagement in participatory research should not be taken for...

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Published inSAGE Open Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 215824402110684 - 215824402110695
Main Authors Padilla-Petry, Paulo, Miño Puigcercós, Raquel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
College Faculty
Cooperation
Ethnography
Foreign Countries
Interpersonal Relationship
Learner Engagement
Participatory Research
Partnerships in Education
Personal Autonomy
Research Projects
Schools
Secondary School Students
Student participation
Spain
youth engagement
participatory research
secondary school
student engagement
ethnography
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Summary:The lack of student engagement in school has been studied from different approaches. Participatory methods are gaining acceptance and relevance in educational research because they respond to both ethical and validity concerns. Since youth engagement in participatory research should not be taken for granted and may overlap with student engagement in studies in schools, this article presents an analysis of adult researchers’ and young co-researchers’ field notes, journals, and reports of an ethnographic participatory research about learning in and outside school carried out in five secondary schools with 35 students. Findings show the different perceptions of youth engagement between young and adult researchers and how youth agency and autonomy may be more easily desired than recognized by adult researchers.
ISSN:2158-2440
2158-2440
DOI:10.1177/21582440211068457