Pio Pico Researchers Participatory Action Research: From Classroom to Community, Transforming Teaching and Learning
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- Author:
- Emily Wolk
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Institution Name:
- Piio Pico Elementary School
- Collection:
- Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in K-12 Education
- Grade Level:
- Primary
- Abstract:
Emily Wolk is a teacher of a group of students, aged 8-11 years old, called the Pio Pico Researchers. Together, since the group started in 1996, the group convinced the city of Santa Ana to install a signal light at one of the most dangerous intersections in the city, in the immediate vicinity of Pio Pico School. Wolk used an alternative inquiry method called Participatory Action-Research (PAR) with her students. The children used radar guns, plotted data on a computerized mapping system called GIS, and presented at City Hall. Through their work to improve pedestrian safety, the students not only learned the basic skills necessary to succeed in school; they also learned the basic skills necessary to transform their world.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Teaching and Learning Strategies
- Media Format:
- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
- Conditions of Use:
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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0
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