Emergence of participatory methodology in learning difficulty research: understanding the context

✍ Scribed by Anne Louise Chappell

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 175 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1354-4187
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2000.00004.x

✦ Synopsis

The past few years have seen the development of an important debate over methodology in disability research. The rise of emancipatory and participatory methodologies has meant that disabled people are making increasing demands to be included in the research process. The present paper will examine this debate and its implications for learning difficulty research. The article will discuss the reasons why participatory methodology is gaining greater acceptance than emancipatory methodology among learning difficulty researchers by examining the position of participatory research in the methodological traditions of social research into learning difficulty.