PAR

===Participatory Action Research=== [|Participatory action research + complexity] You will be required to conduct a project where you will take part in participatory action research (PAR). The above video provides a general overview of this type of research. For the purposes of this course, PAR is a cyclical process that includes the following four steps: Think of the four steps above as the following sections of your PAR project: Another way of looking at PAR...
 * 1) Diagnose the linguistic (and if necessary, related situational) problem,
 * 2) Act on the problem while at the same time, collect qualitative/quantitative data: observation, interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc.,
 * 3) Analyze collected data in order to measure or evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and/or social engagement of acting on the problem from step 2, and
 * 4) Reflect on what was learned and make steps for their learning, planning for the next steps.
 * 1) Your theory section will be

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