Youth Participatory Action Research and School Improvement: The Missing Voices of Black Youth in Montreal

• Published in: Canadian journal of education Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 283 - 307
• Main Authors: Anne-Marie, Livingstone, Celemencki, Jacqueline, Calixte, Melissa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto Canadian Society for the Study of Education 01.01.2014; Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Action Research; African American Children; African American Community; African American Students; Black youth; Blacks; Citizen Participation; Community Development; Community Organizations; Community organizing; Community Relations; Community Services; Consciousness Raising; Curriculum; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; Educational Change; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational Improvement; Educational Quality; Educational research; Expectation; Extracurricular Activities; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 9; High School Students; High schools; History; Instructional Innovation; Intervention; Multicultural Education; Participatory Research; Popular Education; Public Speaking; Quebec (Montreal); Racial profiling; Research methods; School dropouts; School Policy; Social Change; Studies; Success; Teacher Student Relationship; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Young Adults; Canada (Montreal)

The article discusses the implementation and results of a youth participatory action research (YPAR) project carried out with black high school students in 2009 and 2010 in Montreal, QC. The aim of the project was to involve black youth in studying the factors that either enhance or impede their suc...