EDU-805 |
Ethics of Ed Leadership & Policy |
This course is a critical and pragmatic examination of ethical leadership and administration within organizations. Social, moral, and ethical philosophies will be explored as they relate to decisions impacting leadership in education. Students will compare and contrast theories of ethical decision making. Students will relate these |
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theoretical perspectives to their own purpose, values, and commitments as leaders |
3.00 |
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EDU-806 |
Equity, Equality & Equal Opportunity |
This course offers students an opportunity to analyze access to educational opportunities through the lens of justice and ethics. The balance and contradictions of equity, equality, and equal opportunity will be explored with a focus on personal, inter-personal and organizational influences that prohibit or promote educational opportunities for all individuals. Students will also have the opportunity to forecast future trends in educational |
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policy, structures, and practices. |
3.00 |
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EDU-807 |
Quantitative Educational Research |
An in-depth examination of research and measurement, analysis of experimental data, and qualitative designs. |
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Implications of mixed method research are considered |
3.00 |
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EDU-808 |
Qualitative Educational Research |
Future-focused exploration of learning technology, gathering and using data to drive instructional improvement, |
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and evaluation of educational programs. |
3.00 |
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EDU-809 |
Global Educational Policy & Practice |
A review of global issues in education policy and practice with a focus on how schools are organized, what is taught, how achievement is measured, and the role of cultural context, with an emphasis on global competition. |
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This course shall be conducted in a blended format, both online and at an international location. |
3.00 |
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EDU-810 |
Grounding Research in Literature |
This course prepares students to complete a scholarly dissertation by supporting the development of key skills in researching, reading, evaluating, organizing, and synthesizing research. Students will examine a problem of interest by conducting an extensive literature search with the goal of identifying a research gap. Students will also examine how theoretical and conceptual frameworks are an integral structure around which they build their |
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research. |
3.00 |
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EDU-811 |
Dissertation Advisement I |
This course offers an introduction to the dissertation: defining the dissertation, research goals, research guiding questions, and literature reviews. Published dissertations will be explored to reflect on theories and gaps in theories to frame a possible dissertation topic. Students will practice how to construct effective research guiding questions for those topics to begin the literature review process. The dissertation committee for each student will |
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also be formed during this cours |
3.00 |
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EDU-812 |
Dissertation Advisement II |
Students will develop the methodology for their dissertation based upon the gap they identified in the literature, so that it is congruent with their study purpose, research questions, and theoretical or conceptual framework. Human subjects research training will foster understanding of ethics, validity, and reliability |
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in methodological design. The Institutional Review Board approval process will be introduced. |
3.00 |
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EDU-813 |
Dissertation Advisement III |
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Developing a comprehensive description of the research approach used for the study, including research- guiding | |||
questions, null hypothesis, research design, and selection of subjects for study, data collection, and data analysis. 3.00 | |||
EDU-814 |
Dissertation Advisement IV |
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Compiling and analyzing data, review of participants or materials used, answering research guiding questions, | |||
reflecting on the results, constructing findings and conclusions, and noting implications for research and practice. 3.00 | |||