Trying on and trying out: Participatory action research as a tool for literacy and identity work in middle grades classrooms

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-151

  van Sluys, Katie ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical literacy; Ethnography; Identity; Literacy; Participatory action research; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; READING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 77955776124     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9319-8     Document Type: Article

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