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Aims of Community Research Chapter 3 Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Why else is the relationship important? Under what conditions do you tell the truth? Under what conditions do you tell the whole truth? Why do community psychologists care? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Community Psychology Challenge How to develop… Research problems Research designs Research instruments (Culture/Environments) Research relationships …that reflect the values of prevention, empowerment, & diversity in communities. Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) Underlying Questions What phenomena? What value stances? How shall we promote community participation & collaboration? How shall we understand the cultural & social contexts? At what ecological levels of analysis? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

(1) What phenomena? Research Agenda What are communities like? How do neighborhoods affect children? What are stressors of urban life? How do citizens cope with stress? How do cultural norms affect ability of women to negotiate safe sex? How do schools affect life chances of teens? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) (2) Value Stances? Attending to ___________________ Seeking out perspective of powerless within social systems _____________________________ Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) (2) Value Stances? Researcher Values Getting to know community Learning how to be helpful Engaging community diversity Supporting underdog Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

(3) Promoting community participation & collaboration? Why focus on collaboration? What’s at stake for community? Tests of commitment/trust Institutional history Governmental history Tuskegee Syphilis Studies (1933-1972) - Penacillin in 1943 Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

(3) Promoting community participation & collaboration? Relationship affects ability to get research sample Hard-to-reach populations Sampling strategies Letters vs. social networks Relationship affects data collected Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) Limitations Time consuming May raise unrealistic community expectations for future Works against current norms of professional advancement Funding requirements complicate extent & duration of collaboration Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Methods to Participate & Collaborate “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen _____________________________ Watercooler Project Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) Underlying Questions What phenomena? What value stances? How shall we promote community participation & collaboration? How shall we understand the cultural & social contexts? At what ecological levels of analysis? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

(4) How shall we understand the cultural & social contexts? What is culture? Rules of the game in a particular society as expressed in: _____________________________ Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

How do we learn about culture? Personal history Participant observation Archival search (e.g., _____________) Ethnography Key informants Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Studying Culture: Diversity Diversity within cultural group _____________________________ ____________________________ Diversity between groups Individualism/collectivism Rites of passage Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

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Studying Culture: Research Issues How do cultural groups differ in concepts & measures? Does concept mean same thing in different communities? ____________________________ Are measures developed in one cultural context relevant to other cultural contexts? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Studying Culture: Research Issues Does culture/background of researcher affect relationship with community? Experiential competence Language competence Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

(5) What Ecological Levels of Analysis? Nested designs Kids nested in families/schools/ neighborhoods Data gathered at each ecological level Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Ecological Analysis Example _______________________between needs of adolescents & environments What happens when kids make transition out of elementary school? Lower grades Decline in school-related motivation WHY? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Ecological Analysis Example Greater classroom control & discipline Fewer opportunities for student self-management more structured Less personal student-teacher relationships / more kids per teacher Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

Ecological Analysis Example Increased tracking or ability-grouping & public evaluation of work increases self-consciousness of comparison to others Teachers feel less effective, particularly with low ability students Teachers use higher grading standards (____________________________) Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) Underlying Questions What phenomena? What value stances? How shall we promote community participation & collaboration? How shall we understand the cultural & social contexts? At what ecological levels of analysis? Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)

The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3) Project Proposals Write-Up First, your group should come up with a Community Research Group name. Make sure the write-up clearly and correctly names each group member. 1. Why does that topic interest you as a group? 2. What types of constructs comprise the issue? 3. Who are possible key stake holders? 4. What groups have possibly been unheard in regards to this issue? 5. What are some of the assumptions that your group currently hold regarding your issue? Due Thursday, September 16th Fall 2010 The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)