Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

During this module students will conduct research activities that support and qualify technological transformation by involving affected people. Students will gain experiences with different action research methodologies and get familiar with how they can be utilised in a professional context. Students are to plan and possibly execute an action research project and thereby promote, test and/or evaluate responsible socio-technical intervention. This module is anchored in the Research group of Techno-Anthropology and Participation, Department of Sustainability and Planning.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• describe the phases of action research, including those of problem identification, planning, action, observation, and reflection.
• explain classic and contemporary approaches in action research work, including different definitions, level of participation/ involvement and underpinning assumptions.

Skills

• plan, execute and/or evaluate action research methods in a professional setting.
• account for and analyze results from the applied action research methodology.
• reflect on how action research can contribute to responsible socio-technical intervention on a practical and theoretical level.

Competences

• describe and assess potentials and limitations of various action research approaches, including those related to the quality criteria for and the ethical dimensions of action research.
• facilitate participation in action research processes and in responsible socio-technical innovation.
• liaise the project work with the needs of the labor market.
• develop well justified ethical competences.
• take responsibility for own professional development and specialisation.

Type of instruction

Project module. Please refer to §17 of the curriculum about the structure and content of the programme.

Exam

Exams