| Contents |
PART I. THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES. 1. Re-positioning power and re-imagining reflexivity: examining positionality and building validity through reconstructive horizon analysis / Meagan Call-Cummings and Karen Ross -- 2. Considering positionality: the ethics of conducting research with marginalized groups / Laura Parson -- 3. Flipping the paradigm: studying up and research for social justice / Elena Aydarova -- 4. Framing critical race theory and methodologies / Kenzo K. Sung and Natoya Coleman -- 5. Disentangling the complexities of queer theory and intersectionality theory: research paradigms and insights for social justice / Christian D. Chan, Sam Steen, Lionel C. Howard, and Arshad I. Ali -- 6. Using critical theory in educational research / Kamden K. Struck and Jasmine S. Betties -- 7. Viewing research for social justice and equity through the lens of Zygmunt Bauman's theory of liquid modernity / Danielle T. Ligocki -- 8. Thinking critically about "social justice methods": methods as "contingent foundations" / Lucy E. Bailey -- 9. Institutional review boards: purposes and applications for students / Leslie Ann Locke -- PART II. APPROACHES TO DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. 10. Typical areas of confusion for students new to qualitative research / Leslie Ann Locke -- 11. Youth participatory action research: the nuts and bolts as well as the roses and thorns / Shiv R. Desai -- 12. Advancing social justice with policy discourse analysis / Elizabeth J. Allan and Aaron R. Tolbert -- 13. Through their eyes, in their words: using photo-elicitation to amplify student voice in policy and school improvement research / Jeff Walls and Samantha E. Holquist -- 14. Using photovoice to resist colonial research paradigms / Susan Cridland-Hughes, McKenzie Brittain, and S. Megan Che -- 15. Re-introducing life history methodology: an equitable social justice approach to research in education / James S. Wright -- 16. Quantitative methods for social justice and equity: theoretical and practical considerations / Kamden K. Strunk and Payton D. Hoover -- 17. Large-scale datasets and social justice: measuring inequality in opportunities to learn / Heather E. Price -- 18. X marks the spot: engaging campus maps to explore sense of belonging experiences of student activists / Carli Rosati, David J. Nguyen, and Rose M. Troyer -- 19. Propensity score methodology in the study of student classification: the case of racial/ethnic disproportionality in mild disability identification and labeling / Argun Saatcioglu and Thomas M. Skrtic -- 20. Transformative mixed methods: a missed opportunity / Carey E. Andrzejewski, Benjamin Arnberg, and Hannah Carson Baggett -- PART III. DEVELOPING A RESEARCH AGENDA. 21. Writing, race, and creative democracy / Timothy J. Lensmire -- 22. Beyond white: the emotional complexion of critical research on race / Cheryl E. Matias -- 23. I pulled up a seat at the table: my journey engaging in critical quantitative inquiry / Lolita A. Tabron -- 24. Working with intention and in tension: evolving as a scholar-activist / Kristen A. Renn -- 25. Collaboration, community, and collectives: research for and by the people / Erica R. Dávila -- Terminology -- Index. |
| Abstract |
This textbook presents an integrative approach to thinking about research methods for social justice. In today's education landscape, there is a growing interest in scholar-activism and ways of doing research that advances educational equity. This text provides a foundational overview of important theoretical and philosophical issues specific to this kind of work in Section I. In Section II, readers engage with various ways of thinking about, collecting and analyzing data, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Finally, in Section III, through case studies and research narratives, readers will learn about real scholars and their work. This book takes a wide-ranging approach to ways that various modalities and practices of research can contribute to an equity mission. |
