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dc.contributor.authorGreen, Alison
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Judith
dc.contributor.editorMarie Kavanagh, Donella Casperez, Diana Whitton
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:52:12Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:52:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-09-17T22:12:08Z
dc.identifier.issn1833-4482
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41824
dc.description.abstractThis paper concerns how to design short-term community projects that maximise the sustainability of the developments they achieve. An Australian university-community initiative aimed at improving educational opportunities within a Samoan community in Southeast Queensland demonstrates how participatory action learning and action research processes were used to build community capacity to address self-identified community needs. These strategies enabled Samoan community members to develop and sustain their own projects and equipped them to pass this ability on to other community members, creating long-term project continuity. Our experience suggests that, as participatory action learning and action research combines participants' resources, knowledges, networks and energies to maximise community benefits, it is an appropriate strategy for enabling marginalised groups to engage constructively with complex issues in their communities. Relationship building and trust development were intrinsic to this project's ongoing success. We suggest that participatory action learning and action research can usefully be adopted in a range of contexts for sustained community development.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEngagement Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://engagementaustralia.org.au/resources/ajuce-journal/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom46
dc.relation.ispartofpageto68
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Australasian Journal of University-Community Engagement
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchContinuing and Community Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.titleParticipatory Action Learning and Action Research for Self-sustaining Community Development: Engaging Pacific Islanders in Southeast Queensland
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, Griffith Institute of Higher Education
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Engagement Australia. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorKearney, Judith F.
gro.griffith.authorGreen, Alison E.


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