The Neighborhood Atlas Project: An Example of Participatory Action Research in Geography Education
Date
2005
Authors
Wridt, Pamela
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Publisher
The Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
Abstract
In this paper I present a model for participatory action research (PAR) in
geography education with middle school teachers and students to learn about
children's perspectives of their community, and thus their knowledge of local geography. This PAR model was developed in an extra-curricular geography program in a New York City public middle school. As co-investigators, 14 sixth-grade students ( ages 10-11 ), a social studies teacher, and I created a neighborhood atlas that reflected young people's experiences and concerns about growing up in an urban environment. The Neighborhood Atlas Project is an alternative approach to researching children's lives and children's geographic
learning that can off er greater applicability to the geography classroom while at the same time advancing theory in the discipline.
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Keywords
geography, geographic learning, children, participatory action research, New York City
Citation
Wridt, P. (2005). The neighborhood atlas project: An example of participatory action research in geography education. Research in Geographic Education, 5, pp. 25-47.