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ERIC Number: EJ525947
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
Communal Participatory Action Research As a Strategy for Improving Universities and the Social Sciences: Penn's Work with the West Philadelphia Improvement Corps As a Case Study.
Benson, Lee; And Others
Educational Policy, v10 n2 p202-22 Jun 1996
Proposes a radical reorientation of American universities toward helping solve real-world problems--particularly those in a university's local community. Argues that such an orientation can be achieved through communal participatory action-research projects designed to advance general knowledge and human welfare. Describes a University of Pennsylvania project with possible applications for further research. (42 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Higher Education, Research Universities, Social Change, Social Sciences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); University of Pennsylvania
Note: Special issue: "Improving Urban Schools: Better Strategies for the Dissemination and Utilization of Knowledge."