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Community Based Participatory Research in Emergency Management: One Undergraduate Social Sciences Program Experience

Nicola Davis Bivens, EdDAnita Bledsoe-Gardner, PhDJohnson C. Smith University16th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education SymposiumThursday, June 5, 2014Emmitsburg, MarylandSlide2

Constructivist Learning

Constructivist learning environment involves problem-solving activities (Roblyer, Edwards, & Havriluk, 1997) Rich learning environments that involve cooperative and collaborative group learning and learning through exploration.Knowledge is constructed and made meaningful through an individual's interactions and analyses of the environment; knowledge is constructed in the mind of the individual. Slide3

Constructivist Learning

Students must actively participate in a process of exploring, analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing knowledge into a frame of reference that they then use and build on prior knowledge (Jadallah, 2000).Slide4

Academic Paradox

Few incentives for faculty to faculty to encourage student involvement in community engagement, public affairs issues, and issues of social justice that is not research oriented and there is a reluctance among faculty to engage in this research (Cortes, 1998; Delemos, 2006). Slide5

Community BasedParticipatory Research

Long history in social science, especially sociology. University of Chicago sociologists including Robert Park and Ernest Burgess conducted ecological studies of Chicago neighborhoods beginning in the 1920s (e.g., Park, Burgess & McKenzie, 1925). Park et al. believed that social science knowledge could be used to solve social problems. Later, many former social activists from the 1960s, now in academia, sought to use social science knowledge to address problems of poverty and inequality in their communities. Slide6

Community BasedParticipatory Research

(1) engage in reciprocal research that is mutually beneficial to researchers and communities (2) develop culturally competent and appropriate methods,(3) clarify expectations and roles of community members and researchers (4) honor research product as much as process (Delemos, 2006). Slide7

Community BasedParticipatory Research

CBPR also affords opportunity to work with underserved, marginalized communities (Shiu-Thorton, as cited in Delemos).Slide8

Urban Research Group

Initial research was for the local housing authorityOn occasion, United WayMecklenburg County CourtsCharlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department15+ Community AssociationsSlide9

Urban Research Group Student Research Model

Grant funded – Council on Independent CollegesEffective teaching and pedagogySlide10

Community Based Participatory Research

Surveys were conducted as class research projects in research methods classes. Students gained experience in conducting surveyresearch. Some instances of grant funding for student salaries the Council of Independent CollegesCurrent grant funding Smith Institute Applied Research Slide11

Metropolitan College

Duke Endowment giftFull time, dedicated faculty in the Metropolitan CollegeCriminology – one of three disciplinesSlide12

Adult LearnersMalcolm Knowles -

AndrogogyThe need to know why they must learn something before they begin that processReadiness to learn to apply in a real life situationSlide13

Adult LearnersMalcolm Knowles -

AndrogogyAdults are task centered or problem centered when it comes to learning. Slide14

Spring 2012

Introduction to Emergency Management(traditional students)Research Methods(adult learners; traditional students)Spanish for Social Services(adult learners)Slide15
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Community BasedParticipatory Research Benefits: Students

Learning environment with adults and “traditional students” Interdisciplinary focusSense of accomplishmentSense of contributionReal experience in survey development, data collection, and data analysisDevelopment of knowledge, skills, and abilitiesSlide17

Community BasedParticipatory Research Benefits: Faculty

Inexpensive data collectionOpportunity for collaborationStudent assessmentInnovative PedagogyPublication and Presentation OpportunitySlide18

Community BasedParticipatory Research Benefits: University

Public relationsExpanding our gatesOpportunity for collaborationFurther University objective to be a good neighborSlide19

Community BasedParticipatory Research Benefits: Community

Data set for public safety, emergency managersIncluded in planningAwareness of disaster preparednessSlide20

Community BasedParticipatory

Research - ChallengesForeign language barriersTransportation to the CommunityStudent safetySlide21