
Overview
Community based research means involving a community in all stages of a research process - this kind of research can give people the power to transform their lives.
Key facts:
On Community Based Research - Getting Started at UCL by FutureLearn you will learn the basics of community based research by examining the citizen science methodology used by the RELIEF Centre in Lebanon.
You will learn to construct your own research questions to find out community needs and how to meet them. You will develop research skills to carry out local research projects sensitively and ethically, using examples from Lebanon to support you as an aspiring researcher.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Discuss the uses of community based research
- Assess the varying perspectives of different stakeholders in community based research
- Reflect on the sensitivities and ethics of community based research
- Identify a research question for community based research and appropriate research methods to answer it
- Develop research skills appropriate to community based research
- Produce a proposal for a community based research project
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Topics include:
- Insight into the what, why, and how of community based research
- Identification of the skills needed to plan an effective research project, spanning research questions, qualitative and quantitative data collection, interview skills, and observation skills
- Planning of community based research projects, including development of a research proposal, submission for peer review, data analysis approaches, and networking and public engagement.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
- 3 hrs/week
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Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Sociology Community Development View 41 other Short Courses in Sociology in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
This course is for community members who want to find new solutions for community problems.
It’s also suitable for community researchers recruited by NGOs, teachers who want to investigate relationships between school and the community, academic researchers in Lebanon and elsewhere, students wanting to carry out community research, leaders of community research, trainers of researchers in NGOs or on academic projects, and even entrepreneurs who wish to investigate the community demand for their products or find out what the community needs.
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International
49 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 49 EUR for the full programme during 21 days. -
National
49 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 49 EUR for the full programme during 21 days.