Action Research as a 6 credit-point postgraduate elective available to students enrolled in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master and Doctor programs offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. Action Research as an 8 credit-point research elective available to students enrolled in Master and Doctor programs in the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. COMH5166 is similar to COMH5129, with additional theoretical discussion and assessment. Participatory action research extends knowledge and improves social practices through processes that empower ordinary people. Action research projects proceed through cycles of planning, acting, observing and reflecting, with the participation of the people affected by the practices under consideration.
Participants study through the Internet.
In this Unit of Study you will learn how to engage in research and action to improve professional practices as twin aspects of the same process. Action research empowers people affected by research through participation in all aspects of the research cycle. Action research is a form of applied research well established in education, community development and management, and increasingly used in nursing, health professions, agriculture and engineering. Reflect on critically informed action to generate knowledge. Mode of Study Action learning is a mode of learning utilising the cycles similar to action research cycles.