ERIC Number: EJ1423215
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Publication Date: 2024-Jun
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Youth as Coresearchers: Social Justice Means Youth as Knowledge Makers Too
Elizabeth Benninger; Shereen Naser; Sinéad M. O'Neill
School Psychology International, v45 n3 p195-214 2024
Dominant knowledge systems rely on a Western perspective of creating and disseminating new information. These systems marginalize traditional ways of knowing including co-creating knowledge, personal narratives and lived experiences, as well as inherited cultural knowledge. Additionally, Western knowledge systems have centered the White adult male as the primary knowledge creator both through what has been valued in contemporary scientific traditions and culturally in the image of who is considered capable of creating knowledge. Those who do not fit this image have historically been marginalized and exploited in the pursuit of knowledge making including youth and particularly youth with diverse racial/ethnic identities. It is these narrow epistemological systems that have informed school psychology research and practice since its inception. Recent calls for social justice as central to school psychology work have challenged the status quo and emphasized the amplification of marginalized voices in research and practice. Therefore, this article outlines methodologies that subvert more traditional knowledge-making strategies foundational to school psychology work and critiques these to provide guidelines for methodologies that can truly incorporate youth as co-researchers, particularly Black, Indigenous and youth of color within a US context. A case study illustrating the implementation of these guidelines is included.
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Social Justice, School Psychology, Researchers, Youth, African Americans, Indigenous Populations, Research Methodology, Action Research, Participatory Research
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