2024-2025 Catalog

 

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EDUC-600 Classroom Action Research Tools

This course introduces candidates to basic research tools for career-long application in classroom teaching, including education research methods, literature review, numerical data exploration, and presentation. Ethics and best practices of subject-centered research will be explored and applied. The course culminates in the development of a plan to address an interesting question or problem within one's classroom or school. Prerequisites: EDUC-510, EDUC-520, EDUC-530.

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EDUC-630 Research in My School

This course provides candidates with an opportunity to answer an interesting question or problem within their own classroom or school through an action research agenda, as initiated in the prerequisite course. Candidates implement the intervention, analyze its outcomes, write a research report, and present findings to others in their school community. Prerequisite: EDUC-600

3

EDUC-640 Curriculum Transformation

In a continuation of the curriculum principles explored in the previous course, candidates will apply those principles to solve a curriculum need in a classroom or school. Candidates will utilize leadership, revision, and communication skills useful for implementing a curriculum transformation. Prerequisite: EDUC-540

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EDUC-650 Assessment Transformation

This course builds upon assessment and curriculum principles from previous courses to solve assessment needs in the classroom or school. Implementation of assessment transformation applies leadership, revision, and communication skills. Candidates will demonstrate application of core social justice, technology integration, and differentiation. Prerequisite: EDUC-550

3

EDUC-660 Innovative Instructional Design

In a continuation of the instructional, assessment, and curriculum principles grasped in the previous courses, candidates will apply those principles to solve instructional needs in their own school using an appropriate professional development structure. Leadership, revision, and communication skills useful for implementing more innovative instruction will also be utilized. A field experience in a school setting is required. Prerequisite: EDUC-560

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Indiana Weselayan