ORGANIZATIONS & EXAMPLES

Youth Action Research Institute YARI (formerly the National Teen Action Research Center) is a program of the Institute for Community Research, located in Hartford, Connecticut. YARI promotes the use of action research for personal, group, and community development.

Youth Action Research Group YARG, a program at Georgetown University located in Washington, DC, involves community residents in defining, researching and critically analyzing the challenges facing their neighborhoods. The young people in YARG learn participatory action research methods and ethnographic techniques to better understand their surrounding community for the purpose of addressing pressing social issues. 

Youth Strategy Project Data Center's youth program, located in Oakland, California, provides strategic research, consultation, and training for social, economic and environmental justice organizations. It is tailored to build the research and analytical skills of the next generation of movement leaders. 

Student-Led Research on Schools A collection of research studies conducted by students on schools across the US. Compiled by SoundOut.

ARTICLES

Youth Involvement in Evaluation and Research Brief Written by the Harvard Family Research Project.

Creating Community Change: Challenges and Tensions in Community Youth Research An issue brief from the Gardner Center at Stanford University.

Youth Engaged in Leadership & Learning (Youth Mapping) annotated bibliography An issue brief from the Gardner Center at Stanford University.

Going the Distance: Supporting Community Youth Development Power Point presentation at the Coalition of Community Foundation for Youth 2002 Annual Conference by the Gardner Center.

Establishing the Importance of Youth Participation in Community Evaluation and Research An article from the Journal of Community Youth Development.

Students: From informants to co-researchers. Groundwater-Smith, S. & Downes, T. (1999). Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference. Melbourne, November.

Chapter 3: Research in the hands of students Shaughnessy, J. & Kushman, J. in Restructuring Collaborative (1997) Look Who's Talking Now: Student Views of Restructuring Schools. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

Students as partners in research and restructuring schools. SooHoo, S. (1993). The Educational Forum 57. Summer: 386-393.

Students as researchers: Creating classrooms that matter. Steinberg, S. & Kinchleloe, J. (1998). Bristol, PA: Falmer Press.

TOOLKITS & CURRICULA

Empowered Voices: A Participatory Action Research Curriculum for Girls This curriculum is a project designed to reduce or prevent substance abuse and risky sexual behavior and increase school attachment through participatory action research. Published by the Institute for Community Research.

Participatory Action Research Curriculum for Empowering Youth

Published by the Institute for Community Research.

Youth Engaged in Leadership & Learning YELL is a free curriculum provided by the J. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University. It is designed for anyone involved in youth development and leadership, particularly working in schools.

Consulting Pupils: A Toolkit for Teachers. MacBeath, J., Demetriou, H., Rudduck, J., & Myers, K. (2003). London: Pearson.

Students as Researchers: Making a Difference. Fielding, M. & Bragg, S. (2003) London: Pearson.

Participatory Action Research Curriculum for Empowering Youth. Sydlo, S.J., et al. (2000). Hartford, CT: The Institute for Community Research.

Turn Up the Volume: The Students Speak Toolkit (Third Edition). Roberts & Kay, Inc. (2002). Lexington, KY: Partnership for Kentucky Schools.