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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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About the Author | |
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"But I Don't…" | |
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"But I Don't Do Research" | |
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"But I Don't Do Community Work" | |
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"So What Is Research?" | |
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"Okay, So I Do Research Already. Why Do I Need to Learn About It?" | |
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"I'm Already Running Full-Out Managing Our Programs. How Can I Do More Research Too?" | |
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"I'm Still Not Convinced. But Just in Case, Where Do I Start?" | |
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"So Where Do I and My Community Fit In?" | |
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Conclusion and Coming Attractions | |
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The Goose Story | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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The Goose Approach to Research | |
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Have You Ever Felt Like an Interloper? | |
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Participatory Action Approaches to Research | |
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A Participatory Action Research Approach | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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The Community Development Context of Research | |
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Learning from Pandora | |
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What Is Community Development? | |
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Research and Community Development | |
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Building Research Relationships in a Community Development Context | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Head and Hand Together: A Project-Based Research Model | |
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The Head and Hand Split | |
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From Head and Hand to Research and Action | |
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Of Programs and Projects | |
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The Project-Based Research Model: Diagnose, Prescribe, Implement, Evaluate | |
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The Project-Based Research Model and Participatory Flexibility | |
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Where Are You In the Project Cycle? | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Diagnosing | |
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How to Survive on a Deserted Island | |
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The Impetus for Diagnosis | |
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Structures for a Diagnostic Process: The Core Group | |
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Strategies for a Diagnostic Process: Problems, Opportunities, and Issues | |
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The Problems Approach: Needs Assessment | |
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The Opportunities Approach: Asset Mapping | |
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Of Needs and Resources | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Prescribing: Researching Options | |
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Which Way Should You Go From Here? | |
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A Planning Approach | |
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Program Prescriptions | |
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The Special Case of Policy Prescriptions | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Implementing: When Research Is the Project | |
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Making Who-ville Heard | |
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Research as Action | |
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Community Research | |
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Target Research | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Evaluation | |
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Back to the Future, or Messing With the Space-Time Continuum | |
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Choices in Evaluation | |
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Participatory Evaluation From the Beginning | |
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Participatory Evaluation as an Integrated Process | |
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Loose Gravel | |
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Conclusion | |
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Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Beyond Information | |
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The Art of Paying Attention | |
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The Project-Based Research Cycle Revisited | |
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Role Models for Research as a Daily Practice | |
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Behind the Fun: Information Management and Information Technology | |
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Loose Gravel: Information Myths and Monsters | |
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Project-Based Research and the Future of Civilization | |
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In Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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Strategic Planning | |
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Research Ethics and the Institutional Review Board | |
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Writing Proposals | |
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Data Resources | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |