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College
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Consultation
Hours Other times by appointment
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This is an introductory, overview course in educational research procedures, designed for K-12 school professionals. As such, this course has one overarching goal: to increase and sharpen your understanding of basic research concepts and procedures. Our attainment of this goal together will facilitate your ability and skill in two critical areas for 21st century school professionals and leaders: 1. Your ability and skill in critically evaluating published research, so that as educational leaders, you are better able to inform decision-making around curriculum, instruction, and/or assessment practices in your school and/or district; 2. Your ability and skill in conceptualizing, designing, and carrying out educational research in your classroom, department, school, or district that serves to inform and improve practice, and that helps build your capacity in using research for self-, program-, and school evaluation. Thus, the course will emphasize practical issues related to planning, conducting, and interpreting research. We also hope to develop your interest in research related to your particular field, or to educational research in general. Course Overview This is a face-to-face course, supported by online materials and tools that meets on a periodic basis during the semester. Meeting dates are listed in the syllabus. The course is organized into ten modules that are to be completed in sequence. The modules involve online interaction and participation. A variety of technology-based tools, designed to be similar in format in every module, will become more familiar as you complete module one. Each module contains a list of objectives that will help you gauge your expectations. When each module is complete, review the objectives. If you have not met one or more of the objectives, review the related material. Each module contains notes, reading assignments, activities, and exercises. The activities will be checked and contribute to your overall grade. The exercises are provided to give you additional practice. The activities may be completed in groups, or individually. Two reviews of empirical research articles will be completed individually. Last, the major course project (a research proposal) may be completed individually or in groups. You will post some activities on the WebBoard. Others will be emailed directly to the course instructor. Credit will only be awarded to those who submit the activity on time and as directed. Activities and due dates are found on the syllabus. Assignments are to be completed by midnight of the date due. Each day that you are late will result in a loss of 20% of the point(s) available for that assignment. Guidelines for the review of articles are provided. Questions concerning these or any other issues should be posted on the WebBoard. I will be monitoring the WebBoard and will respond as quickly as I can. Students are encouraged to respond to each other’s questions as well. Much of our communication will be done via email. I will use a University-based distribution list frequently to send out notices. Therefore, you will need to take responsibility to check your University email regularly or to request that the postmaster forward your email to another site. |
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last January 2002 by Roberta McKnight.
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Florida
Gulf Coast University
School of Education |
