This course prepares practitioners to conduct inquiry in the international development field in order to extend learning, solve problems and expand practice-based knowledge in the field. Issues of applied inquiry design and implementation are explored and skills in data collection and analysis developed. In addition, hands-on exercises as well as class discussions will prepare students to become intelligent consumers of statistical data. Participants develop these skills and practice an inquiry frame of mind through: a) work on a research project or part of a research project with World Learning or another international development organization in Washington, DC; b) designing inquiry projects they intend to carry out during the Reflective Practice Phase in the field; and c) reading and using the results of inquiry done by others to connect their inquiry and practice to the theoretical and practical bases of the international development field.
