This subject develops the skills and understandings involved in community based educational action research as a means to school and community development. Key topics include: traditions in educational action research; review of action research literature, including web sites; critical review of research on consultative processes in educational development in culturally diverse contexts; situational analysis and assessment of educational needs in culturally diverse contexts; community consultation and cross-cultural processes; collaborative goal-setting, monitoring and evaluation. Collaborative partnerships between schools and rural communities and Indigenous communities are particularly relevant to this subject. The subject will be developed through a collaborative educational action research project.