Collaboration as a Healing and Decolonizing Research Tool

Thapa, Sapna; Akpovo, Samara Madrid; Young, Deborah Rohm

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“…Even in favorable conditions parenting is a complex and central issue for all families and those maneuvering relocation and life in refugee camps face additional challenges. In this work of supporting families it is critical not to impose outsider approaches of what child development and parenting "should" look like, rather the group should co-create a contextualized understanding of brain development, child development and stress responses [15]. We have found that using a foundation of social harmony, rather than individualistic and private methods yields better long term results in the communities we worked with.…”

Section: Introduction 11 Stressors Of Being Displacedmentioning

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Two Diverse Communities Who Are Refugees Transforming Their Parenting and Self Efficacy Skills through Early Childhood Education

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Sager²

2021

Parenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective

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In our work we studied the process of working alongside Afghan women who are refugees living in Colorado, and women living in two refugee camps in Palestine. By design, our work centers the participants as the key producers of knowledge. We set out to collectively discover, define, and understand parenting, child development, and family dynamics. Participants were invited to explore how their dreams for their children relate to early childhood education. Informed by participant input, we designed courses with culturally responsive and sustainable curriculums to increase the quality of care for young children. Our investigation sheds light on how parents reconcile different cultural experiences and prioritize their child’s development while trying to navigate novel contexts of childcare, preschool, or public school. In addition, the courses women took provided a pathway to enter the workforce in early childhood care, development, and education (ECCDE). This chapter describes our participatory action research process and the introspection and growth of resilient women transforming their parenting and their lives.

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Section: Introduction 11 Stressors Of Being Displacedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Two Diverse Communities Who Are Refugees Transforming Their Parenting and Self Efficacy Skills through Early Childhood Education

Young¹,

Sager²

2021

Parenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective

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A Majority-World Perspective on Early Childhood Teachers’ Understanding of Children’s Social-Emotional Development: An Exploratory, Cross-National Study in Nepal and Kenya

Thapa

Nganga

Akpovo

2022

Early Education and Development

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The ABCs of Collaboration in Academia

Amundsen

Ballam

Cosgriff

2019

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The occurrence of research collaboration among multiple researchers is becoming more widespread within the academic research community. Research collaboration endeavours offer many benefits yet are not without challenges. This think piece draws on our lived experiences as educators and university researchers to evaluate a research collaboration journey. The process prompted us to deeply question and critically reflect on what enables and supports research collaboration in academic research partnerships. We undertook a critical reflective-in-action study collecting and analysing data for a period of 15 months. We uncovered three elements we propose are integral to supporting effective research collaboration practice and outcomes in academia. These are Acknowledging the Affective, Becoming Bolder, and Cultivating Creativity in what we term, the ‘ABCs of collaboration in academia.

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Collaboration as a Healing and Decolonizing Research Tool

Cited by 3 publications

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Two Diverse Communities Who Are Refugees Transforming Their Parenting and Self Efficacy Skills through Early Childhood Education

Two Diverse Communities Who Are Refugees Transforming Their Parenting and Self Efficacy Skills through Early Childhood Education

A Majority-World Perspective on Early Childhood Teachers’ Understanding of Children’s Social-Emotional Development: An Exploratory, Cross-National Study in Nepal and Kenya

The ABCs of Collaboration in Academia

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