SALAZAR
A researcher is interested in studying undocumented students but is concerned that gathering their personal data could harm them. Rather than getting them to sign a consent form, what does she do?
Answer should touch on: She gets verbal consent
In an LA classroom, a teacher notices students are constantly on their phones. Instead of banning them, he allows them. How did he use these devices for YPAR?
He made them into tools for research, allowing students to take pictures, film videos, and conduct interviews.
A traditional study treats a group of teens as "subjects" to be observed. A YPAR study treats them as partners. How does YPAR redefine the role of the youth in this process?
Answer should touch on: Youth are not subjects they are co-researchers and knowledge producers
A researcher is conducting a PAR study with undocumented students. She notices that one of her co-researchers seems emotionally withdrawn during data collection. What should the researcher do?
Pause the research agenda and check in on her co-researcher's wellbeing
A school wants to fix a problem like “student burnout” Why does YPAR say students are the "experts" here?
Answer should touch on: Students have firsthand, experiential knowledge that outsiders lack.
A group of university researchers publishes a report with solutions for improving a low income neighborhood but never once spoke to the youth who live there. According to Caraballo, what is the main problem with this approach?
It treats community members as objects of study rather than knowledge producers
A professor asks three undocumented students to help her conduct research about their own experiences navigating college. Together they design the study, collect data, and present findings as a team. What do we call this type of research approach?
Answer should touch on: Participatory Action Research (PAR)
A group of students spends the day cleaning up a local park. Why is this considered "community service" but not YPAR?
Because YPAR requires students to critically analyze the cause of the problem (the "why"), not just fix the symptoms (the "what")
Instead of using traditional academic frameworks a group of Latinx students base their research project on their cultural background and heritage. What "entry point" of YPAR are they utilizing?
Cultural and critical epistemologies
A researcher wants to study undocumented students, so she posts flyers all over campus. No one responds because they don’t know who she is or if they can trust her. According to Salazar, what is the most realistic and ethical way to "enter" a community before you even start the research?
Building genuine relationships and trust first. You cannot "parachute" into a marginalized community just to get data.
A professor tells the class, "For this final paper, you can only use library databases. Your own personal life experiences don't count as 'real' evidence." A student argues that her own expereince is a valid source of information. Which research framework supports the student’s right to use her own life as a source of "valid knowledge"?
YPAR (Youth Participatory Action Research). It argues that young people are the experts on their own lives and that their personal experiences are a legitimate form of research
A YPAR seminar is designed so that the traditional teacher-student power dynamic is removed, allowing the research to be built entirely around the students' actual daily challenges.
Answer should touch on: the "Third Space."
A researcher conducting PAR with undocumented students finds herself helping a co-researcher with job applications, attending their graduation, and providing emotional support during a family crisis. What ethical "roles" does the researcher currently hold that go beyond simply being a "Principal Investigator?
Answer should touch on: Researcher is acting as an Advocate, Mentor, and Friend.
In a Social Studies class, instead of following a textbook, students are allowed to identify a community issue—like local mental health resources—and design their own study to present to the city officials. Why is this called "Agency" instead of just a "school skill"?
Agency isn't just a skill like "correct spelling." It’s the power to change things.
A university publishes a massive study on "How to Fix Urban Schools". They never interviewed a single student. According to Caraballo, what is the fundamental problem with this approach?
Answers should touch on: It creates a power imbalance. It lets people with institutional power define the problems while ignoring the "intellectualism" of the people actually living through the inequality.