Social Work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, Present, and Future.
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| Title: | Social Work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, Present, and Future. |
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| Authors: | Teixeira, Samantha, Kennedy, Heather |
| Source: | Social Work. Jul2022, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p286-295. 10p. |
| Subjects: | Socialization, Occupational roles, Vocational guidance, Scholarly method, Social values, Social workers, Community support, Curriculum, Action research, Social work research, Students, Social work education, Social case work, History |
| Abstract: | The social work profession has made tremendous contributions to youth well-being, laying the foundation for social welfare systems and child protection laws. However, deficit-based constructions of youth are deeply engrained in the profession. Social work researchers have called for attention to critical approaches like youth participatory action research (YPAR). YPAR has an action-oriented epistemology and engages youth as coresearchers, providing an opportunity to shift social work research and practice paradigms. Yet, social work scholars lag behind cognate disciplines in adopting YPAR. This article examines challenges that have stymied YPAR in social work. The authors review the historical roots of the profession and its relationship to youth; examine present challenges, including social work's training and career progression; and make suggestions for the future, calling social work to affirm our values by reevaluating the way we do research on youth, the way we train future social workers, and the paradigms driving our practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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