Theory in Educational Action Research

Stringer, Ernest T.

doi:10.1002/9781119399490.ch7

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“…The purpose of this study was to formulate policies for controlling obesity among school-age children. These policies were found to be more effective because (1) good relationships were built, which led to a mutual willingness to hear opinions and needs of each party ( 20 – 22 , 42 ) ; (2) opportunities were offered for every party to participate in the problem-solving process, which led to new ideas ( 22 , 44 ) ; (3) parents / guardians and teachers were empowered; such empowerment gave every party confidence in solving their problems ( 21 ) and (4) family and school felt a joint responsibility, which can result in the creation of sustainable policies in the future ( 21 ) . In terms of context, this type of intervention is feasible in low ( 47 ) , middle-income ( 20 , 21 ) and high-income countries ( 22 ) .…”

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Ecological system theory and community participation to promote healthy food environments for obesity and non-communicable diseases prevention among school-age children

Suwannawong¹,

Auemaneekul²,

Powwattana³

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objectives: To implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the community participatory program between school and family based on Ecological System Theory and Participatory Action Research. The intervention covers three levels at the individual, family and school levels comprising educating students and parents by using technologies, reducing sedentary behaviors, increasing exercise and changing to healthy food environments at school and home. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting: Public primary school in Thailand. Subjects: The participants in the study were 138 school-age children in Grades 2-6 with their parents/guardians. The control group was 134 school-age children at a school of the same size with their parents/guardians. Results: Results shows that nutritional status is significantly improve within experimental group (p-value = 0.000) and between group during follow up (p-value = 0.032). Students’ knowledge about obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) prevention as well as the physical activity and exercise behaviors in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group (P-value = 0.000 and 0.044, respectively). Parents’ perception of child obesity and the family modelling behaviors in the experimental group were also significantly higher than the control group; P-value = 0.013 and 0.000, respectively). Conclusion: The community participation program was found to be successful. Not only students, families and schools improved health behaviors and healthy food environments at home and school, but the students’ long-term nutritional status also improved.

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Ecological system theory and community participation to promote healthy food environments for obesity and non-communicable diseases prevention among school-age children

Suwannawong¹,

Auemaneekul²,

Powwattana³

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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“…As described earlier [ 23 ], we acquired qualitative data, created, and evaluated the SMILE model in the same Ban Lao-fu Village community using information from the quantitative survey, the ICCC framework, and family-community engagement. The Look, Think, and Act methods were employed as spiral steps in three phases of the model development, which followed the Stringer idea [ 24 ]. The family-community-participation project was conducted to develop the SMILE model by surveying the depression care system, current problems, and needs of patients with depression, their relatives, healthcare providers, and the community from the Ban Lao-fu Village of the Pa-Tung sub-district, Maejan District, Chiang Rai Province, where more than 300,000 hill tribe members lived [ 9 ].…”

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Evaluation of a depression care model for the hill tribes: a family and community-based participatory research

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Background Even though, there is a particularly high prevalence of depression among individuals from the hill tribes in northern Thailand, they are unable to receive appropriate intervention due to cultural, transportation, communication, and legal barriers. Using community-based participatory research (CBPR), a depression care model was developed for the hill tribe population. The effectiveness of this model was examined using questionnaires, observations, focus groups, and in-depth interviews. Methods Participants include people with depression (n = 17) who were chosen based on their mild to moderately severe depression scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9 scores of 5–19) and their caregivers (n = 5). The in-depth interview was conducted to distinguish the selected participants into two groups. The first group, the self-help group program, consisted of 12 participants endorsing negative thoughts about themselves and inappropriate problems solving. The second group, the family camp program, had ten participants, including five patients with family-related issues and their family members. Subjects separately participated in either the self-help or the family groups over three weeks. They completed the PHQ-9 at the beginning and end of the intervention. Questionnaires, observations, focus groups, and in-depth interviews were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the model. Content analysis was used to examine the qualitative data. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyze the changes in the severity of depression before and after participation in the intervention. Results The depression scores on the PHQ-9 of 12 participants improved significantly (11.92 ± 1.08 vs. 3.08 ± 0.51; p = 0.002) following participation in the self-help group. Increased self-esteem and improved interpersonal relationships were reported by participants in the self-help group program during interviews. There was no significant difference in the depression scores of 10 participating in the family camp program (6.00 ± 3.83 to 5.30 ± 3.56; p = 0.161). Conclusion A model for depression care was tested in a hill tribe community, and its effectiveness was clearly observed. The developed model can be applied to other hill tribe communities in northern Thailand to improve depression care.

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“…Memes were used in an online public speaking course for the last two years of the pandemic as a part of the action research methodology. The action research method is used to create or improve a teaching-learning and/or assessment process in the academic context (Sharma, 2022a, 2022b, 2022c; Stringer, 2008). Applying the action research method in education, a problem in an academic context is resolved by taking some action and the effectiveness of the action is studied (O’Brien, 2001).…”

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Memes as Instructional Tools for Experiential Information Processing in Public Speaking Courses

Sharma

2023

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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Students process information in two modes: cognitive and experiential. Case studies and stories are generally used as tools for experiential information processing. This article uses memes as an instructional tool to deliver information for experiential information processing in a public speaking course. The effectiveness of memes as an instructional tool is assessed through a questionnaire in terms of their overall effectiveness and its memorability, concreteness, and course orientation. The findings suggest that memes can be used effectively as instructional tools like stories to make the students understand, discuss, and engage with course content.

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Theory in Educational Action Research

Cited by 21 publications

References 5 publications

Ecological system theory and community participation to promote healthy food environments for obesity and non-communicable diseases prevention among school-age children

Ecological system theory and community participation to promote healthy food environments for obesity and non-communicable diseases prevention among school-age children

Evaluation of a depression care model for the hill tribes: a family and community-based participatory research

Memes as Instructional Tools for Experiential Information Processing in Public Speaking Courses

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