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Sustainable Communities. Student/Faculty Community-Based Research : Building Sustainable Social Economic Development Staci Hines, BSW Susanne Chandler, PhD. Community-Based Research. Background Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS)
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Sustainable Communities Student/Faculty Community-Based Research: Building Sustainable Social Economic Development Staci Hines, BSW Susanne Chandler, PhD
Community-Based Research Background • Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) • Active research with students • Community relationship building • Social and economic justice • Sustainability
Community-Based Research • Critical Thinking Skills • Development of critical thinking skills • Purposeful, reasoned and goal-directed (cited in Deal and Pittman, 2009) • Theory into practice-why is it so important? • Value to agencies post-graduation
Community-Based Research • Student Projects • Single Subject Research Design (SSRD) • Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) • Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research Scholarship (PEERS) • Agency meetings • Research Design • Data collection (qualitative and quantitative)
Community-Based Research • Community Sustainability • Students gain skills to utilize at future agencies • Community relationship building • Costly evaluations required by grants • Agencies gain valuable operational information
Community-Based Research Any further questions please feel free to contact us: Staci Hines, BSW sthines@umflint.edu Susanne Chandler, PhD chandles@umflint.edu