Workshop Curriculum

Who Should Attend

This training is designed for people who promote learning and organizational development, including executive directors, HR professionals, trainers, evaluators, graduate students and change consultants. Examples include:

• Executives interested in implementing a participatory research or evaluation component at the program, institution or field level;
• Professors who want to incorporate participatory practices and adult learning into their courses;
• Graduate or PhD students interested in learning new group facilitation and evaluation skills; and
• Researchers interested in new methods for involving communities in their work.

Workshop Curriculum

Workshop topics will include:

• Collaborative Inquiry as an Action Research Methodology: This session will illuminate the core principles of the methodology in relation to more traditional research methods and will locate it within the field of Action Research.
• Collaborative Inquiry in Practice: By exploring RCLA case studies of successful CI processes with a number of public service organizations, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how the process generates breakthrough learning and findings.
• Facilitating a Cooperative Inquiry Group: Participants will learn the fundamentals of designing and managing a CI process, including various group dynamics. They will also learn about different facilitation styles and techniques to help groups gain the maximum benefit from the process.
• Cooperative Inquiry in Action: To match theory and practical application, participants will experience elements of the CI process first-hand.