EDU-6500 Educator As Researcher
This course is a study of methods and design in quantitative and qualitative research in education. The primary objective of the course is to prepare an action research proposal for use in K-12 schools. A structure will be provided for systematically finding answers to questions that arise from practice. Techniques will be taught for individuals to identify problems in the school setting and then to select appropriate research methods from which they will propose how to collect and analyze data while drawing conclusions from the results.