Presents the basic principles, techniques, and ethical considerations underlying educational research and assessment. Students will learn about the action research cycle and the ethical uses of empirical evidence and assessments to inform practice. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Winter 2025 - Hybrid Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
This course will introduce the historical, philosophical, and sociological foundations of education in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the changing purposes of education historically, the legal and procedural expansion of schooling to an increasingly diverse student population, and the cultural competencies needed to teach all students effectively. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Winter 2025 - Online Spring/Summer 2025 - Hybrid
This course explores connections between U.S. PK-12 education systems and juvenile justice systems. Emphasis will be placed on ways these two systems interact and how different groups are served by these systems. Topics include the school-to-prison pipeline, zero tolerance policies, restorative practices, and roles of racism, gender, family, and communities. Cross-listed with CJ 365. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing
Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
Explores the context of contemporary educational issues. Students draw upon foundational perspectives to analyze and critique current educational practices and policies. To develop their professional capacities, students will use action research to integrate and apply their knowledge and skills when making curricular and instructional decisions. Offered fall and winter semesters. Corequisite: EDI 430 or EDI 431.
Winter 2025 - Online
Consideration of learning situations in the light of psychological findings and concepts. Development of a theory of learning and its applications to the teaching of attitudes, skills, concept formation, and understanding. Offered at least once a year.
Introduces educational inquiry and explores the impact it can have on educational institutions. Investigates educational evaluation. Provides foundational research knowledge necessary for Capstone courses EDF 693 and EDF 695. Offered every semester.
Course offers an advanced examination of social foundations, theories, and perspectives in education in preparation for an analysis and critique of selected policy related issues and practices in U. S. education. Offered every semester.
Winter 2025 - Online Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
Examines education as a social and cultural phenomenon. Explores the implications of this perspective on educational experience in general and the processes of teaching and learning in particular. Offered every semester.
