Participatory Action Research: Methods and Practices

2-0-4 units · Graduate

Introduces skills and best practices of Participatory Action Research (PAR), an approach to research and inquiry that enables communities to examine and address consequential societal problems. Reviews foundational concepts of PAR but focuses on methods and tools that a PAR practitioner can build on to design and facilitate a PAR engagement. Students are invited to bring own projects as application cases into the class. Limited to 25.