Using Community-Based Participatory Research in Rural Career Development Learning Partnerships

Woodroffe, JJ; Kilpatrick, Sue; Fischer, Sarah; Barnes, Nicoli

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-6637-8_4

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“…Working parties acted as internal community activators through developing a charter of action for a whole of community approach. They developed expected project outcomes, assisted in development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions, and confirmed the relevance of findings to local context (Woodroffe et al, 2022). The breadth of experience and local contextual understanding in the working parties assisted identify enhancers and hindrances to effectiveness of interventions for key influencers.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Findings indicate that the three communities were very different in how they operated, their resources, and how they approached project partnerships. CBPR proved to be effective for working with the diverse communities to promote whole of community education and career pathways (Woodroffe et al, 2022). Across sites there were overarching themes and practices that provide important insights into the how to implement a whole of community approach, and what is effective for equipping key influencers to support education and career pathway choices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The communities were embedded in selection/modification of interventions, their delivery and evaluation. The research design was flexible, with ongoing evaluation informing modifications as the project progressed (see Woodroffe et al (2022) for detailed discussion of how CBPR was applied in this project).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The inclusion of, and engagement with, community members who have credibility and visibility, and are well-integrated in their community is a critical part of CBPR (Israel et al, 2012;Woodroffe et al, 2022). Drawing on a diversity of community members' knowledge (Israel et al, 1998) led to improved understanding of local context and experience, fostered local ownership of activities and outputs, and assisted in validation of findings (Dockery, 2020).…”

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Whole-of-Rural-Community Approach to Supporting Education and Career Pathway Choice

Kilpatrick,

Fischer,

Woodroffe

et al. 2023

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Rural communities and partnerships are critical in career education, promoting pathways into work and further education and training. Families, teachers, and employers all may influence young people and adults who are considering pathway choices. This research aimed to equip these ‘key influencers’ with the knowledge and confidence to have supportive pathway conversations with rural young people and adults. The focus was not on those needing help with education/career choices, but rather those who influence their decisions. We used a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach in three communities to address the question: How can a whole of community approach best equip key influencers to inform and support rural student post school pathways? Community working parties were established to work alongside researchers to select, trial and evaluate of whole community, place-based, coordinated career education interventions, which targeted communities’ individual geographic, demographic and employment context. Communities were resourced with a local pathway broker and small budget for interventions. Individual interventions and the overall project approach were evaluated. Findings suggest that rural community-researcher partnerships can be effective in equipping key influencers with confidence and knowledge to inform and support education/career pathway choices. Community partnerships can take account of community assets and allow for interventions that address community contexts. Partnerships should foster community ownership to deliver education/career pathway information interventions that are flexible, accessible, sustainable, place-based, and authentic. This paper sets out a model for partnerships that effectively equips key influencers in rural communities to support education/career pathway choices.

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confidence: 80%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%