This seminar for students in the Educational Psychology-Applied Developmental Science MEd program explores issues in the field of educational psychology and promotes students' development as scholars and professionals. Students will …
This course provides students with practical experience in survey research. Topics focus on survey design, administration, analysis, and reporting. Specific topics include item writing guidelines, cognitive interviews and pilot testing, …
This class serves as an introduction to the central concepts of qualitative methods in research and evaluation. Primary emphasis is on the development of skills required to conduct qualitative research, …
This course provides a theoretical and applied understanding of the general linear model in the context of continuous outcomes. Focus is on multiple regression with continuous predictors, dichotomous and multi-category …
In this course we consider how an anthropological perspective can help us understand the goals and purposes of education, how cultural differences matter for ideas and practices of teaching and …
This course is designed to introduce the quantitative and qualitative social science research process to students, as well as to help familiarize students with some of the more popular forms …
Through research based practices and theoretical framing, students learn to build schools' professional capacity through recruitment, interviewing, induction, professional development, evaluation, and compensation. The process is considered in school and …
This course covers the basic principles of engaging families and the community in the life of a school, a fundamental responsibility of school leaders. Topics include communication with the school …
This course explores the principal¿s pivotal role in organizational operations and change, focusing on how school leaders shape climate, foster internal professional accountability, and respond to the demands of external …
This course explores school finance principles and challenges, emphasizing budgeting activities like planning, data collection, development, communication, implementation, and monitoring. Topics include resource allocation, accounting, business management, organizational behavior, and …
This course explores laws and policies that shape U.S. public school teaching and learning environments, covering Supreme Court cases and federal legislation. The course introduces legal principles and guidelines for …
This course gives students conceptual and philosophical frameworks for leading good instruction and creating conditions for teaching and learning in schools and districts. Students reflect on their own instructional filters …
This course equips educators with tools to lead continuous improvement aimed at advancing the academic success, engagement, and belonging of all children. Grounded in improvement science, the course introduces tools …
Examines how, as a team, school leaders analyze the relationship of the integration of technologies to teachers' beliefs & practices & to local school culture, structures, & policies. Students will …
Leadership for Equity of Diverse Populations seeks to support special populations in schools. It proposes that effective leadership for all special student populations involves particular knowledge and requires a strong …
This course introduces early-stage PhD students to education research and to academic and non-academic professional development through a speaker series, EHD faculty and alumni career panels, and guided discussions. Students …
Graduate seminar on quantitative reasoning for education and youth: what can we responsibly claim from evidence, and what should we not? Students learn causal and quasi-experimental designs (RCTs, RD, DiD/event …
Problems of practice through systematic inquiry are the focus of this course. We explore the intersection of theory and practice with emphasis on the design of thoughtful, ethical inquiry about …
Focus is given to Problems of Practice (POPs) through systematic quantitative inquiry, specifically focusing on survey processes, questions and strategies used to conduct meaningful inquiry in educational settings. The course …
This Lab of Practice complements EDLF 8385: Survey Inquiry. The Lab provides a structured opportunity to engage in survey work on a very small scale allowing for practicing the main …