Kia ora and welcome.
I am an occupational therapy student completing my final year of study at Otago Polytechnic. I plan on using this blog as a forum to explore my learning/thinking about participatory action research (PAR) and occupational therapy.
I am interested in the potential of PAR as a set of research approaches as it addresses many issues that are of concern to occupational therapists:
- Client centred practice - participation and partnership
- Reflective practice
- Questions about what constitutes valid knowledge or evidence
- A practical, hands on, orientation to the development and application of theory
- Social and Occupational Justice
