Emancipatory and Participatory Research for Emerging Educational Researchers: Theory and Case Studies of Research in Disabled Communities

Cover Page
Half Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents Page
Acknowledgments Page
Biographies Page
1 Introduction
	The context of emancipatory paradigm and participatory methodology
		From philosophy to paradigm
		Critique of the emancipatory paradigm and a call for alternatives
	A rundown of the chapters
2 Emancipatory and participatory research
	Introduction
		Practice as paradigm and methodology
	Ethical considerations prior to designing emancipatory participatory research
		Bias, reflexivity, organizational impact, and research quality
		Intervention development and participant and participant observer satisfaction
	Designing an emancipatory participatory study
		Recruitment procedures, informed consent, and participant information
		Participant inclusion and exclusion criteria
		From transcription to critical thematic or theory-based analysis
3 Case study of a small-scale university-based postgraduate project
	Introduction
		The context of disability in the university and what follows in this chapter
	Summary of the methodologies and methods
		Research methodologies
		Data collection methods
		Methods of data analysis and representation
	Findings that arose from the study
		Identity and impairments
		Disclosure and academic culture
		Support
	The issues that this study identified
		Ableism and constructions of disability
	Conclusion
4 Case study of a large-scale museums-based project
	Introduction
		The context of the project
		The development of the sessions
	The approach to using emancipatory participatory methodology
		The design of the methodology
		Data collection methods
	The findings from the participatory practice
		Intersubjective validity
		Contextual validity
		Participatory validity
		Catalytic validity
		Ethical validity
		Empathic validity
	Problems that arose through participation and the development of further validities
		Tensions caused during participatory practice
		A breakdown of the tensions that caused the problems
	Concluding discussion—addressing the tensions within the group
5 Conclusion
References
Appendix
Index