title: Community-engaged pedagogy: a strengths-based approach to involving diverse stakeholders in research partnerships.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To help build community capacity to partner in translational research partnerships, new approaches to training that incorporate both adult learning models and community-based participatory research (CBPR) are needed.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the educational approach-"community-engaged pedagogy"-used in a capacity-building training program with community partners in Boston. Drawing from adult learning theory and CBPR community-engaged pedagogy embraces co-learning and is rooted in a deep respect for the prior knowledge and experiences that community partners bring to the conversation around CBPR. This approach developed iteratively over the course of the first year of the program. Participating community partners drove the development of this educational approach, as they requested the application of CBPR principles to the educational program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The dimensions of community-engaged pedagogy include (1) a relational approach to partnership building, (2) establishment of a learning community, (3) organic curriculum model, (4) collaborative teaching mechanism with diverse faculty, and (5) applied learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using a community-engaged pedagogical approach helps to model respect, reciprocity, and power sharing, core principles of CBPR. Although community partners appreciate this approach, traditionally trained academics may find this method unfamiliar and uncomfortable.
authors.affiliation: Tufts University Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
authors.forename: Carolyn Leung
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Linda Sprague
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hacker
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brugge
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirie
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allukian
authors.forename: Angie Mae
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rodday
authors.forename: Laurel K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Leslie
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003142:Communication; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*