Participants: Janice Hall, Mikha'el Moshe Dawid, Gloria Robinson & Curt Hansman.

Background

During the five-week period between July and August 2010, four participants gained hands-on experience of video production and chose to research whether children learn critical thinking skills at school. We interviewed three parents—two of them were participating in this research—two teachers, a principal, and a college student. In total, more than two hours of interviews were recorded, and the participants collaborated with the instructor to edit down to nine minute long. The process of editing enabled the participants to critically analyze what they had learned through the interviews and continue to focus on the research topic.

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Participants' Comments

“I think that video production provoked a collective knowledge production as we gained information from the interviewees which answers our central question.”--Janice Hall

"Video-Telling process made the question come alive as we got to see the impact on the faces, the frustration and the hope all rolled into one."--Gloria Robinson

"It was extremely interesting to see how much control a documentary filmmaker possesses over the shaping of others' intentions, statements, and ideas."--Mikha'el Moshe Dawid

Related Literature

Yang, K. (2016). Participatory video in adult education: Cultivating participatory culture in Communities. Singapore: Springer.

Yang, K. (2013). A reflection on a participatory video project: Possibilities and challenges for promoting participatory cultures among adult learners. The Urban Review, 45(5), 671-683.