This free course, Sharing power and transforming educational practice, explores the notion of a life of learning and interrogates 'common-sense' assumptions about schooling. It considers what is the research process and how becoming a co-researcher with the people with whom you work can transform your expectations and practice.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand the purposes of school and lifelong learning
• appreciate the capacity of research to transform practice
• understand participatory research
• position research interests within a broader social context.