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                                                       Certificate Programme  
                                                                                     
                                               International Perspectives in  
                                                      Participatory Research 
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                            Unit 1 
                                                       Understanding Social Research 
                                                                                     
                     
                     
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                 Units of Certificate in International Perspectives in Participatory Research 
                  
              
             Unit 1: Understanding Social Research 
                    Meaning of Research 
                    Dominant Social Research Paradigms  
                    Issues  in  Knowledge  Production  and  Knowledge  Utilization  Underlying  Social 
                     Research Paradigms 
                    Critique of the Dominant Social Research Paradigms  
                      
                  
                 Unit 2: Development of Participatory Research 
                  
                          Adult Education Movements  
                          Action Research  
                          Development Programmes 
                          Feminist Movements 
                          Anti-Racist Movements 
                            
                  
                 Unit 3: Participatory Research: An Alternative System of Knowledge Production  
                  
                          Characteristics of Social Science Research  
                          Difference between Social Science Research and Participatory Research 
                          The Research Process 
                          Outcomes of Participatory Research 
                          Case Study Analysis: Occupational Health & Participatory Research 
                            
                                      
                 Unit 4: Participatory Research Methods of Generating Knowledge 
                  
                          Purposes of Participatory Methods 
                          Streams of Participatory Methods: An Overview 
                          Diverse Methods of Generating Knowledge 
                  
                  
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                    Unit 5: Participatory Methods of Analyzing, Disseminating and Utilizing 
                               Knowledge  
                     
                               Participatory analysis: group feedback analysis, neighborhood meetings, 
                                Community consultation 
                               Audiences, media and choosing dissemination vehicles  
                               Utilizing  research to affect change 
                     
                     
                    Unit 6: Participatory Research Tools in Development Practice 
                     
                             Participatory Enumeration 
                             Focus groups: Gender Division of labour 
                     
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
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                                                                    Table of Contents 
                        S. No.                                              Contents                                              Page No. 
                    1.1                  Introduction                                                                           5 
                    1.2                  Learning Objectives                                                                    5 
                    1.3                  Meaning of Research                                                                    6 
                    1.3.1                Social Research                                                                        7 
                    1.3.2                Objectives of Social Research                                                          7 
                    1.3.3                Types of Social Research                                                               9 
                    1.3.4                Steps in Social Research                                                               12 
                    1.4                  Dominant Social Research Paradigms                                                     15 
                    1.4.1                Quantitative Social Research Paradigms                                                 15 
                    1.4.2                Qualitative Social Research Paradigms                                                  17 
                    1.5                  Issues in Knowledge Production and Knowledge                                           23 
                                         Utilization Underlying Social Research Paradigms 
                    1.6                  Critique of the Dominant Social Research Paradigms                                     26 
                    1.7                  Summary                                                                                29 
                    1.8                  Required Readings                                                                      29 
                    1.9                  Recommended Further Reading                                                            29 
                    1.10                 References                                                                             30 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                     
                                                  International Perspectives in Participatory Research 
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