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Guiding Principles for Community Engagement: Reflections on a School-Based Sustainability Project
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Blythe, Charlotte Harré, Niki Sharma, Saurab Dillon, Victoria Douglas, Briar Didsbury, Amandia |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | This article describes an action research project in which community psychologists worked with a school community to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Our research team had five guiding principles: strengths-based, empowerment, role modeling, communication, and measurement and feedback. Here we describe a phenomenological study of how we experienced our principles and how key participants from the school perceived our professional practice. Each research team member completed a self-reflective survey and key staff and students from the school were interviewed. Amongst other benefits, the principles were valuable in promoting coherence within the research team, guiding decision-making and providing a framework for critical reflection. Recommendations are given for researchers and community practitioners interested in initiating sustainability projects with local organizations or using a similar principles-based approach in other collaborative endeavors. |
| Starting Page | 44 |
| Ending Page | 69 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.psysr.org/jsacp/Blythe-v5n3-13_44-69.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
