Schedule

Day	Topic
Class 1 (1/29)	Introduction to Action Research Cycles and Epicycles, I
Class 2 (2/5)	Introduction to Action Research Cycles and Epicycles, II
Class 3 (2/12)	Strategic Participatory Planning, applied to personal course and life projects
Class 4 (2/26)	Opening up problems and focusing in on inquiry
Class 5 (3/5)	Formulating informative comparisons as a basis for evaluations, I
Class 6 (3/12)	Formulating informative comparisons as a basis for evaluations, II
Class 7 (3/26)	Work-in-progress presentations, I
Class 8 (4/2)	Reflection on your Experience as Novice Action Researchers with the Considered Formulations from Other Sources
Class 9 (4/9)	Reflection on your Experience as Novice Action Researchers with the Considered Formulations from Other Sources, II
Class 10 (4/23)	Politics and Theories of Evaluation and Educational Research, I: Case studies
Class 11 (4/30)	Work-in-progress presentations, II
Class 12 (5/7)	Politics and Theories of Evaluation and Educational Research, II: Action Research as an alternative to Positivist and Interpretivist approaches
Class 13 (5/14)	Taking stock of course & of change: Where have we come & where do we go from here?
End 5/21 (5/21)	Due before 5pm *A* PD workbook submitted for perusal, to be picked up after 5/28 from Department of Curriculum & Instruction office, W-2-93

Citation: Taylor, P. (2008, July 02). Schedule. Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/critical-and-creative-thinking/action-research-for-educational-professional-and-personal-change/schedule.