Centro de Estudios Científicos y Sociales

Andrea Schuman, Directora

Center for Scientific and Social Studies: Mérida, Yucatán/Atlanta, Georgia

Definition of the ProblemPhenomenon of interest:

- Water quality

Grounding methodology:

- Popular Education (PE)

Structuring methodology:

- Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Water transport, Pochote style

Preliminary Planning: key concepts

Pollution, contamination

Etiology (origens of illness)

Illness/wellness

Consequences for human health

Fundamental Problem: water qualityschematic of the first cycle of teaching-learning

Context of the

Teaching

Specialized

Concepts

Construction of Knowledge

Logic of the Action

Collective Subject

Action/Reflection

Definition of the aspects of interest of the phenomenon under study

Primary water source How intense is the illness provoked by the consumption of contaminated water? (ocurrance of intestinal problems caused by bacteria, amoebas or virus)

The existence (or not) of nodes of infection (extention and/or focalization of the problem);

The probable generators of the contamination (cause(es) of the problem and sites for action)

The general ideas of the residents about the water problem

Water Transport, Pochote

Participant researchers learn to prepare the

test tubes – prescriptive teaching

Fundamental Problem: water qualityschematic of the second cycle of teaching-learning

Explicación

Demostración

Practica asistida

Practicaindependiente

Design/Implementation of the Intervention

Techniques for data collection

– The Community Inventory

• Interview Guide

• Interviews with women in each household

Community Mapping

Filtration Barrel and Insulated Box for Incubator

Results First Test Round

Resolution of the Problem: treated water with no sign of E. coli

Evaluation- final phase of the cycle of PAR

Their concerns were located in the areas of:

ParticipationProcessEnvironmental modificationsResults

We reconstructed for the first time in explicit terms the steps and the logic of Participatory Action Research, using a back-chaining teaching strategy.