Human Securitability: A Participatory Action Research Study Involving Novice Teachers and Youngsters

• Authors: Mārīte Kravale-Pauliņa , Eridiana Oļehnoviča
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Civic participation, initiative and interest in current events can bridge the alienation felt towards national and municipal institutions, thereby enabling individuals to improve their quality of life and contribute to all-round sustainable development of their resident state. This paper reports on a participatory action research study into civic initiatives for securitability involving novice teachers and youngsters from the Latgale region of Latvia. Research participants evaluated national planning documents, enhanced their knowledge and devised civic initiatives to improve the quality of life. Focus group discussions and reasoned argumentative essays were employed to establish how novice teachers (n = 40) and youngsters (n = 58) make sense of the concept of ‘human securitability’. Data analysis was accomplished by qualitative content analysis. The action research exposed an initial understanding of novice teachers and youngsters regarding the human securitability and the possibilities of improving the quality of life. Moreover, this study provided an environment for the research participants to deepen their understanding of said phenomena and participate in educational events envisioning practical engagement with securitability and civic initiatives. The action research study created initiatives for the development of civic securitability and the participation in setting developmental goals.

Keywords

EN

planning documents; human securitability; civic initiatives; novice teachers; youngsters

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-107

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Mārīte Kravale-Pauliņa

• Daugavpils University, Latvia
• Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Daugavpils University, 1 Parādes

author

Eridiana Oļehnoviča

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/jtes-2015-0013