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Theory and Research

Here you can find a bibliography of academic resources studying the theory and implementation of YPAR in various settings.

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Yang (2009). Mathematics, critical literacy, and youth participatory action research. New Directions for Youth Development, 123, 99-118.

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Yosso, T. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth, Race Ethnicity and Education, 8, 69-91.

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Cammarota, J., & Fine, M. (Eds.) (2008). Revolutionizing education: Youth participatory action research in motion. New York: Routledge.

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Delgado, M. (2015). Urban Youth and Photovoice: Visual Ethnography in Action. Oxford University Press.

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Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed,

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Kirshner, B. (2015). Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality. NY, NY: NYU Press.

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Nygreen, K. (2013). These Kids: Identity, Agency, and Social Justice at a Last Chance High School. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

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Rubin, Beth C. (2019). Theorizing Context in DBR: Integrating Critical Civic Learning into the U.S. History Curriculum. In Beth C. Rubin, Eric B. Freedman and Jongsung Kim, Eds. Design research in social studies education: Critical lessons from an emerging field. New York: Routledge.

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Rubin, Beth C. (2021). Teaching social issues with civic action research: Democracy as a verb in elementary, middle and high school. In R. Evans, Ed. Handbook on Teaching Social Issues, 2nd Edition. Information Age Publishing.

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Rubin, B.C. (2025). YPAR in Your Classroom: Teaching and Learning for Active Citizenship. Teachers College Press.

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