Basics of youth research. Practical research tools ( by Justina Garbauskaite - Jakimovska)

1. Justina Garbauskaitė-Jakimovska
practical
research tools
BRINGING RESEARCH CLOSER

2. Covered
Today
MAIN POINTS TO DISCUSS
youth research - what?
types of research
focus groups
interviews
participatory research
other trends

3. Youth research
AIM - TO IMPROVE KNOWING
Multidisciplinary (social, psychological,
economical, political, cultural aspects)
What is researched: family, school, job
market, media, economics, religion, etc.
Youth as a problem (unemployment, crime)
To understand the experiences, roles,
relationships, powers and development of
youth.

4. why
do
we
need
youth
research?
FORMULATING POLICIES
CREATING INTERVENTIONS AND
PROGRAMMES
CREATING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

5. DESK RESEARCH
theoretical research
secondary data
FIELD RESEARCH
empirical resarch
raw data

6. secondary data analysis
Faster and cheaper
Broader conclusions
Comparative analysis
Might not answer research question
exactly
Indicated gaps
Helps in formulating further research

7. data sources
STATISTICS
DOCUMENTS
RESEARCH THAT IS ALREADY DONE
EU-CoE youth partnership, RAY network,
webpages of your countries youth
ministries/agencies/departments

8. Empirical research
Quantitative
Qualitative
Mixed methods
Post-qualitative

9. INDIVIDUAL
INTERVIEWS
no presumptions
HOW questions
lived experiences
examples and descriptions
real conversation
FOCUS GROUP
DISCUSSION
moderator
plan
8-10 participants
±2 hours

10. helpers DRAWING
mapping
PICTURES
prepared by the researcher;
taken by the research participant
RANKING
most important-least important;
giving grades;

11. DON'TS
examination;
using only the parts that
comply with your initial idea;
DO'S
inform how long it will take;
inform where you will use the
data;
inform about possibility to
leave;

12. handing power from the
researcher to research
participants, who are
community members or
community-based
organisations
PARTICIPATORY
RESEARCH

13. diverse
methods
PARTICIPATORY
ACTION
RESEARCH
action -> reflection
DIARIES
guided with questions
PARTICIPATORY
VIDEO/PHOTO
video/photo making ->
reflection
OBSERVATION
rich descriptions

14. measuring ->
quality?
QUALITY OF DATA
comparatibility of data
OBSESSION
WITH
MEASURING

15. BRINGING THE
RESEARCH RESULTS
TO PRACTITIONERS
AND POLICY
MAKERS
KNOWLEDGE
TRANSLATION

16. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
RESEARCH?
HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?
RESEARCH