Description: Lecture, four hours; fieldwork, one hour. Requisites: courses 35, 188A. Introduction to broad tradition of transformative research in education--public scholarship that aims to disrupt long-standing educational inequities in partnership with local communities. This tradition includes Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Community-Based Action Research (CBAR), and other collaborative approaches that value diverse forms of expertise and knowledge. Through variety of community-engaged learning opportunities, students are supported to develop ability to analyze education in social and political context, develop skills for effecting change, demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives, diversity, pluralism, and social justice. Letter grading.

Units: 5.0