Approaches to Critical Inquiry & Research ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

This course focuses on understanding critical and practical connections between research and practice in the field of adult education. Through readings and mini research activities, students will unpack how understanding different types of research can help to ground one’s practice and move it forward. Students will understand their practice through the lens of a researcher, conduct a mini research project, and write up results. Students identify topics for research, conduct literature reviews, and identify research methods relevant to their topics, and produce a research proposal. They then draw on the insights gained in the previous three core courses to articulate the focus of their degree. They draft a degree program rationale that identifies their elective studies. This course will help to ground ideas for the final project.