West Ouder Wijze (WOW) is ontstaan op initiatief van senioren zelf. Eén van hen, een actieve buurtbewoner en lid van een Amsterdams stadsdorp, woonde een bijeenkomst bij over de betekenis van stadsdorpen bij het versterken en uitbreiden van een sociaal netwerk onder ouderen. Een stadsdorp is een initiatief van en voor bewoners die onderling willen zorgen dat zij lang actief, gezond en veilig thuis kunnen (blijven) wonen. De presentatie over het programma Gezond en Actief Ouder Worden (GAOW) van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) gaf inspiratie het programma ‘op maat’ te maken om het volledig door buurtbewoners zelf, en niet via een zorgorganisatie, in de eigen wijk te gaan toepassen. En zo werd WOW geboren: een veelbelovende, toepassing van het innovatieve GAOW-programma.
A.General description on research questions, objectives, and theoretical framework.Research suggests that teachers and parents might be better equipped to tackle school bullying when they collaborate (Axford et al., 2015; Gaffney et al., 2021; Huang et al., 2019). Despite the various efforts to secure family-school partnerships, parents’ involvement in schools’ antibullying interventions remains limited (Gaffney et al., 2021).Motivated to improve their family-school anti-bullying collaboration, three Dutch primary school communities took part in a participatory action research (Brydon‐Miller & Maguire, 2009) project. From 2019-2021, educational professionals and parents worked together supported by researchers, to pinpoint areas for improvement, and develop targeted solutions for their schools. The applied approach was similar to ‘action teams for partnership’ (Epstein, 2018), which has been argued to increase parent engagement to attain schools’ development goals. In this study, we evaluated the project with participating parents, educational professionals, and researchers, to discover how they reflect on the process and its outcomes. Our aim was to find out whether (and how) the participatory action research approach helped school communities to work towards family-school partnership to tackle bullying. B.Methods/methodologySemi-structured interviews were conducted with participating parents (n=3/5), educational professionals (n=7/10) and researchers (n=3/3), through video calls which were recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was conducted to gain insight in participants’ experiences in the collaborative process of conducting research and designing solutions, and the perceived outcomes for themselves and their school.C.Expected outcome/resultsIn this contribution, we critically reflect on our participatory action research approach, aiming to offer some guidance to community members and researchers looking to conduct similar studies. Overall, participants valued the collaborative process, and mentioned beneficial outcomes for themselves and/or their schools. Evaluations of the developed solutions, however, were mixed. Participants’ experiences were mainly related to alignment of interests and goals, group and community building, and exchange and coordination, as well as school- and contextual factors. While securing long lasting change remains challenging, participatory action research seems to be a fruitful approach to work towards family-school partnership.D.ReferencesAxford, N., Farrington, D. P., Clarkson, S., Bjornstad, G. J., Wrigley, Z., & Hutchings, J. (2015). Involving parents in school-based programmes to prevent and reduce bullying: What effect does it have? Journal of Children’s Services, 10(3), 242–251. https://doi.org/10/gk4fqzBrydon‐Miller, M., & Maguire, P. (2009). Participatory action research: Contributions to the development of practitioner inquiry in education. Educational Action Research, 17(1), 79–93. https://doi.org/10/dqbbn3Epstein, J. L. (2018). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Routledge.Gaffney, H., Ttofi, M. M., & Farrington, D. P. (2021). What works in anti-bullying programs? Analysis of effective intervention components. Journal of School Psychology, 85, 37–56. https://doi.org/10/gh24fpHuang, Y., Espelage, D. L., Polanin, J. R., & Hong, J. S. (2019). A Meta-analytic Review of School-Based Anti-bullying Programs with a Parent Component. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 1(1). https://doi.org/10/gjhzqj
Uit Amerikaans onderzoek blijkt dat voortijdig schooluitval het gevolg is van een keten aan processen. Twee belangrijke pijlers onder dit levensloopmodel zijn: onvoldoende basisvaardigheden in taal en rekenen en weinig motivatie voor en betrokkenheid bij onderwijs. In Nederland wordt dit model getoetst in een project Preventie in de Keten. Wellicht wordt hiermee duidelijk welke kwetsbare leerlingen gebaat zijn met extra ondersteuning en hoe docenten hierop in kunnen spelen. In: Profiel, 2012 afl. 7
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