EDUC 607 - Educational Research: Principles and Practices

3 hours
It is important that teachers are well-informed about current developments in their fields of expertise. In this course, the candidate will learn about designing and implementing an action research project that will be conducted within the classroom setting. This course will focus on the fundamentals of qualitative and quantitative research including design, methodology, literature review, data analysis and conclusions. The research topics will emerge from questions generated by in-class discussions, a broad review of the research on literacy, and discussions of theories related to literacy instruction. The culminating assignment will be a research proposal to be implemented and presented during the practicum. The content focus will be current issues, trends and organizational frameworks affecting education and the impact on teaching as well as learning and by what means they can be improved upon. GR