Courses



__Fall 2009__

//**EDUC 800 Ways of Knowing**// Instructor: Dr. P. Norton Provides understanding of characteristic ways of knowing in various liberal arts disciplines while examining subject matter, scope, key concepts, principles, methods, and theories. Analyzes philosophical traditions underlying educational practice and research.
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Instructor: Dr. L. Schrum Provides an intellectual framework for research and scholarship in education, including consideration of specific scholarship of CEHD faculty as representative of the range of educational scholarship that make up the educational research community.
 * //EDUC 805 Research/Scholarship in Education//**
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//**EDUC 895 Intro to International Education**// Instructor: Dr. B. Shaklee Using interdisciplinary approach, addresses education policy issues that transcend national boundaries and have implications for educators in fostering social justice and global awareness.
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Reflection: Spring 2010 //**EDRS 810 Problems & Methods in Education Research**// Instructor: Dr. R. Brigham Advanced course in interpreting and applying education research methods. Emphasizes comparison of alternative philosophies of research, ways of formulating questions and hypotheses, research plans, and analysis procedures. Students evaluate existing studies, and investigate a range of research approaches. Artifact:
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Instructor: Dr. S. Baily Examines ideological, cultural, and systemic structural inequities in various educational settings at national and international levels. Focuses on educational practices that promote equity and social change throughout the world.
 * //EDUC 892 - Social Justice & Equity in International Education//**
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Summer 2010 Instructor: D. Cable Focuses on principles and practices of Primary Years Program (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate (IBO), organized around four areas of inquiry: curriculum processes, teaching and learning, assessment, and professional learning. Final course in preparation for IBO Practitioner Award.
 * //EDUC 621: Teaching and Learning in the International Baccalaureate® Schools//**
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Instructor: Dr. R. Harrison Explores the development of practical knowledge about the design and structure of the IB programs’ curricula. Provides a foundation for understanding how the programs are implemented and how student learning developed within them is assessed.
 * //EDUC 622: Curriculum Development Across IB Programs//**
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Instructor: E. Milton Focuses on the development of the capacity of teachers in IB schools to adopt appropriate teaching strategies and techniques instrumental in ensuring program learning outcomes are achieved. Furthermore, participants develop a deep understanding of the critical relationship between teaching and learning.
 * //EDUC 623: Models and Strategies for Teaching and Learning in IB Schools//**
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Fall 2010 Instructor: C. Loop Explores the essential role of assessment in teaching IB learners. Addresses formative and summative assessment practices as an integral part of the IB curriculum as well as the use of assessment for differentiation and planning.
 * EDUC 624: Assessment and Learning in IB Schools**
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Instructor: R. Smith Intensive study of leadership, emphasizing decision and change processes, and assessment and development of leadership skills.
 * EDUC 802: Leadership Seminar**
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Spring 2011 Instructor: D. Hallaj
 * EDRS 812: Qualitative Methods in Educational Research**
 * Course Description:** Teaches how to apply qualitative data collection and analysis procedures in educational research, including ethnographic and other field-based methods, and unobtrusive measures.

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Instructor: D. Harris
 * EDUC 626: Inquiry into Action: IB Teachers, Learners, and Schools**
 * Course Description:** Uses the action research and qualitative process to help educational practitioners plan and complete an action research study related to IB learners, teachers, or schools. Furthermore, the course examines the social, cultural, and ethical issues of conducting research with students.

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Summer 2011 **EDRS 811: Quantitative Methods in Educational Research** Instructor: D. Dimitrov


 * Course Description:** Emphasizes advanced methods of conducting research using quantitative methods of data collection, and analysis appropriate for research in education. Includes design of experimental and quasiexperimental research studies, and methods of analysis appropriate to these studies, including analyzing variance and multiple linear regression.

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Fall 2011

Instructor: R. Fox
 * EDUC 853: World Perspectives of Teacher Education **
 * Course Description**: Focuses on the cross-cultural analysis of current U.S. and internationally based teacher preparation and continuing professional development pedagogical models, policy reforms, and their historical contexts.

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Spring 2012 Instructor: G. Galluzzo Artifact:
 * EDUC 850: The Study of Teaching **
 * Course Description**: Explores the history and development of the search for teaching effectiveness. The course will trace the various definitions of effectiveness and the methods created to assess effectiveness.

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** EDUC 994: Advanced Intership in Education ** ** C ** **ourse Description**: Internship in setting related to student’s major area of study. Requires minimum of 100 hours completed over at least a five-week period. Each intern works with appropriate staff member in cooperating school, school system, or other educational institution or agency.

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Fall 2012

Instructor: E. Reybold **Course Description**: Advanced seminar devoted to study of current topics in qualitative research. Deals with cutting-edge information on selected advanced topics in qualitative research, and provides opportunities to apply new skills and knowledge to projects related to students’ interests.
 * EDRS 822: Advanced Applications of Qualitative Methods**

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