Abstract
This chapter focuses on a collaborative research effort between researchers, an NGO partner, and a local community in a participatory action research (PAR) and program evaluation case study with youth in the Villapurum District of southern India. I illustrate challenges and strategies for empirical data collection with marginalized youth in a particular ecological context.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Asadullah, M. N., & Yalonetzky, G. (2010). Inequality of educational opportunity in India: Changes over time and across states. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5146. Retrieved from: http://ftp.iza.org/dp5146.pdf
ASER Centre. (2014). Annual Status of Education Report: 2013. Retrieved from ASER Centre website: http://www.asercentre.org/NGO/assessment/learning/education/outcomes/primary/reading/p/133.html
Ayres, R., & Torrijos Simon, M. (2003). Education, poverty, and sustainable livelihoods in Tamil Nadu: Inequalities, opportunities, and constraints. Review of Political Economy, 15, 211-229.
Bhattacharya, U. (2013). Mediating inequalities: exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school. Current Issues in Language Planning, 14, 164-184. doi: 10.1080/14664208.2013.791236
Campbell-Page, R. M., & Shaw-Ridley, M. (2013). Managing ethical dilemmas in community-based participatory research with vulnerable populations. Health Promotion Practices, 14, 485-490. doi: 10.1177/1524839913482924
Chauhan, C. P. S. (2009). Education for all in India: A second look. The International Journal of Lifelong Education, 28, 227-240. doi: 10.1080/02601370902757091
Clarke, P. (2003). Culture and classroom reform: The case of the district primary education project, India. Comparative Education, 39, 27-44.
Communities Rising. (2013). What we do. Retrieved from Communities Rising website: http://communities-rising.org/
Communities Rising. (2014). Communities Rising annual report: 2013. Unpublished report.
Dinan, J., & Garcia, Y. (1997). Participatory research in Venezuela: 1973 to 1991. In R. McTaggart (Ed.), Participatory action research: International contexts and consequences (pp. 151-186). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Dip Kapoor Affiliation. (2007). Gendered-Caste violations and the cultural politics of voice in Orissa, India. Gender, Place, and Culture, 14, 609-616.
Ghose, S. (2003). The Dalit in India. Social Research, 70, 83-109.
Goodman, R. (2001). Psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1337-1345.
Government of India: Ministry of Home Affairs. (2011). Census of India: Tamil Nadu. Retrieved from Census of India website: http://censusindia.gov.in/
Govinda, R. (2009). In the name of the ‘poor and marginalized’? Politics of NGO activism with Dalit women in rural north India. Journal of South Asian Development, 4, 45-64.
Gupta, R., Sankhe, S., Dobbs, R., Woetzel, J., Madgavkar, A., & Hasyagar, A. (2014). From poverty to empowerment: India’s imperative for jobs, growth, and effective basic services. Retrieved from McKinsey Global Institute website: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/asia-pacific/indias_path_from_poverty_to_empowerment
Hacker, K. (2013). Community-based participatory research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Human Rights Watch. (2007). Hidden Apartheid: Caste discrimination against India’s “Untouchables”. Report 19, No. 3c. Retrieved from: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/02/12/hidden-apart
International Dalit Solidarity Network. (2014). Caste discrimination and human rights (9th ed., prepared for the United Nations). Retrieved from: www.idsn.org/UNcompilation
Jaspal, R. (2011). Caste, social stigma, and identity processes. Psychology and Developing Societies, 23, 27-62.
Kendall, P. C., & Wilcox, L. (1979). Self-control in children: Development of a rating scale. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47(6), 1020-1029.
Leach, F., & Sitaram, S. (2007). The sexual harassment and abuse of adolescent schoolgirls in south India. Journal of Education, Citizenship, & Social Justice. 2, 257-277.
McCoy, E. (2013). Communities rising parent surveys. Unpublished raw data.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport. (2014). National Youth Policy 2014. Retrieved from: http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/pdf/2014/nyp_2014.pdf
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. (2009). Eliminating corporal punishment in schools. Retrieved from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in India website: http://www.ncpcr.gov.in/Guidelines/Eliminating%20Corporal%20Punishment%20in%20Schools.pdf
Office of the Registrar General & Census Comissioner for India. (2011). India Census Data 2011. Retrieved from http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/indiaatglance.html
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2000). Measure of student engagement. Retrieved from: http://www.oecd.org
Phillipson, R. (2009). Linguistic imperialism continued. New York and London: Routledge.
Plan International & Overseas Development Institute. (2010). Prevention pays: The economic benefits of ending violence in schools report. Retrieved from: https://plan-international.org/about-plan/resources/publications/campaigns/prevention-pays-the-economic-benefits-of-ending-violence-inschools/
Prabhu, K. S. (2001). Socio-economic security in the context of pervasive poverty: A case study in India. Geneva: International Labor Organization.
Radermacher, H., & Sonn, C. (2007). Toward getting it right: Participatory action research (PAR) with an advocacy organization. The Australian Community Psychologist, 19, 62-73.
Seiter, L. N., & Nelson, L. J. (2011). An examination of emerging adulthood in college studentsand non-students in India. Journal of Adolescent Research, 26, 506-536. DOI: 10.1177/0743558410391262
Shanmugan, K. R. (2012). Monitorable indicators and performance: Tamil Nadu. (Monograph 17/2012). Retrieved from The Madras School of Economics. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259375413_Monitorable_Indicators_and_Performance_Tamil_Nadu
Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., & Williams, J. B. (1999). Validation and utility of a self-report version of PRIME-MD: The PHQ primary care study. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 282(18), 1737-1744.
Steinberg, A., Brymer, M. J., Decker, K. B., & Pynoos, R. S. (2004). The University of California at Los Angeles post traumatic stress disorder reaction index. Current Psychiatry Reports, 6, 96-100.
Tamil Nadu Government. (2011). Census data 2011. Retrieved from Tamil Nadu Government website: http://www.tn.gov.in/
The World Bank. (2013). New country classifications. Retrieved from the World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/news/new-country-classifications
United Nation’s Chidlren’s Fund. (2013). State profiles: Tamil Nadu. Retrieved from UNICEF website: http://www.unicef.org/india/state_profiles_4352.htm
Vindhya, U. (2007). Quality of women’s lives in India: Some findings from two decades of psychological research on gender. Feminism and Psychology, 17, 337-356. DOI: 10.1177/0959353507079088
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Sense Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Shadowen, N.L. (2015). Youth as Researchers and Participants. In: Bastien, S., Holmarsdottir, H.B. (eds) Youth ‘At the Margins’. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-052-9_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-052-9_17
Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam
Online ISBN: 978-94-6300-052-9
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)