Action-Oriented Inquiry

Catalog description

Students will examine various forms of action-oriented inquiry. Building on previous courses on designing and conducting research, students will develop action-oriented research projects that are limited in duration. The students learn the steps involved in developing action-oriented inquiry projects, develop a project, carry it out, evaluate the results, and plan for the next steps in their project. Emphasis is placed on the educative and emancipatory functions of action-oriented inquiry’s impact organizational and social change. Faculty guide and facilitate the process, while the students work with their cohort peers, present the results, and offer suggestions for refinement of their work.