打印

作者

Melanie Bertrand

来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.54,Issue9,P.1370–1397

语言

英文

关键字

youth participatory action research, Students of Color, systemic racism

作者单位

1Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

摘要

This article explores decision makers’ responses of surprise or amazement to Students of Color engaged in youth participatory action research (YPAR). To address this topic, I draw upon data collected from a yearlong qualitative study of a YPAR group, applying the theoretical aspects of critical discourse analysis. The findings indicate that the decision makers in the sample expressed surprise at three aspects of YPAR: the students’ (a) capacity as researchers, (b) professionalism, and (c) motivation. These responses—termed “the discourse of surprise”—may have constrained the transformative potential of the students’ research.