Preparing Action Research Paper

A "collective researcher" (in the words of Bataille) is already established to think about the action research process in the Project Artways in UMAR. The abstract of our paper:

Comprehensive external evaluation using a collaborative research-action methodology

Comprehensive external evaluation using a collaborative research-action methodology proposes the Social and community development research as a sensitizing and formative construct of the best practices for prevention of violence and juvenile delinquency. Aims to map the integration of all facilitators used in communication for the development of prevention of violence and juvenile delinquency in the key moments of realization of the ARTWAYS  project [1], according to the ERAC cycle (Evaluation; Research; Action; Collaborative) and the principles of transparency and credibility as a goal that guides the ARTWAYS Project. Subsequently to the time of completion of the project, it plans to establish prevention memory through artistic expression in order to facilitate the transfer of innovation to territories/places where environmental scenography claims the necessary to foster creative and competitive social cohesion, able to promote social inclusion for the essential defense of  human rights, inherent to the interests of human development progress.

We observe the relations network for strategic monitoring of the ARTWAYs Project actions, processed as a quality observatory of best practices to prevent violence and juvenile delinquency, through the collaborative research-action. The strategic monitoring system, which we propose for the  external evaluation, through a methodology of collaborative action research, is profiled with the relevance to promote its value in a continuously and systematically way.

Authors:

Isabel C. Viana

icviana@ie.uminho.pt

Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal

Maria José Magalhães

mjm@fpce.up.pt

Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, University of Porto, Portugal

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[1] The project "Artways - Educational Policies and Training Against Violence and Juvenile Delinquency "is a project of UMAR, financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA Grants) and managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation