Welcome to EDCC 440!
This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become critical consumers and competent producers of research, this course covers research essentials to inform teaching and instructional practice. Research in Education broadens students’ knowledge of the empirical literature and current trends in curriculum and teaching with a focus on characteristics and educational needs of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Students will evaluate research methodologies and results along with demographic and assessment information, and will learn to translate the information to demonstrate their ability to understand, analyze, and synthesize research. As a final course requirement, students plan an action research project that will be implemented during their student teaching internship. 3 credits Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Education. Must have passing scores for the Praxis Core Examination sent to the School of Education by ETS. Students who are enrolled in the Community Education program are exempt from the Praxis Core requirement.
- Teacher: Jennifer Lee