Participatory research is the subject of much discussion, and many reported applications from over the globe reveal the need for more percision in defining functions and attributes. This case study, on balance with the literature, determined the construction of the paradigm at the end of this dissertation. / After an intensive search of the literature the investigator concluded that a need existed for a functional, more precise paradigm. Definition, descriptive accounts and ideologically based claims are interesting to both academics and practitioners, yet the literature, as it is, does not help one perform operations essential to participatory research. Even the question, "What difference exists between community development and participatory research?" is not answered clearly by advocates of this approach. / When John Lowe was Director, Adult Education Section, Literacy, Adult Education and Rural Development Division, UNESCO, he said, "Adult education should realize that much valuable research may be confined to fact-finding and assessing the merits of minor programs. Thus any attempt to test new theories or to classify knowledge and experience deserves to be acknowledged as a contribution to research." / This is a small study of a small project on a small island. / The method of the study was to construct an analog model of participatory research from the descriptions, explanations and claims revealed in the literature. The model was employed to plan, implement and observe activities of a community development nature on the island of Virgin Gorda, British West Indies. A systematic record of the observations made over a period of ten weeks allowed the investigator to construct an alternative, yet similar model. When the two models were compared, a modified system paradigm resulted. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, Section: A, page: 0056. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74374 |
| Contributors | KAYE, FREDDY S., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 149 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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