This collection provides evidence-based strategies for conducting effective and ethical education research with individuals and groups who are marginalised from mainstream society. The book explores circus and fairground communities, disabled vocational education students, environmental lobbyists and retired people from across the globe.

Autorentext

Mike Danaher is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and the Arts at Central Queensland University, Australia. He has previously published Environmental Politics in Japan: The Case of Wildlife Preservation. Janet Cook is a Disability Services Officer at the Central Queensland Institute of Technical and Further Education in Rockhampton, Australia. She was Project Coordinator for the Australians Working Together project from 2002 to 2005, as well as Project Coordinator for the Connecting with Your Future project from 2006 to 2009. Geoff Danaher is an Independent Scholar based in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. He has previously published Mobile Learning Communities. Phyllida Coombes is an Independent Scholar based in Bundaberg, Australia. Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has previously published Teaching Traveller Children.

Inhalt

1. Researching Education with Marginalised Communities 2. Naming Marginalised Communities 3. Framing Marginalised Communities 4. Designing and Conducting Research with Marginalised Communities 5. Constructing Knowledge with Marginalised Communities 6. Representing the Knowledge of Marginalised Communities 7. Writing and Publishing Research about Marginalised Communities 8. Researching Ethically and Responsibly with Marginalised Communities 9. Evaluating Research Benefits for Marginalised Communities 10. Creating New and Transformative Understandings of Marginalisation References Index