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Graduate Studies Calendar 2011-2012 Courses of Instruction Course Descriptions E Educational Research EDER
Educational Research EDER

Instruction offered by members of the Graduate Division of Educational Research.

Associate Dean (Interim) – P. Patterson

Graduate Courses
Educational Research 603       Research Methods
Introduction to various approaches to research in education.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 605       Special Topics in Professional Development

Course Hours:
Q(1.5-0)
Notes:
Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 606       Special Topics in Professional Development

Course Hours:
F(3-0)
Notes:
Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 607       Special Topics in Professional Development

Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Notes:
Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 609       Research Methods
Various approaches to research in education.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Educational Research 611       Communication in Educational Administration
To explore dominant areas of interpersonal communication which constantly challenge educational leaders.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 613       Change and Innovation in Education
Examines both traditional and contemporary research literature relevant to change and innovation in educational settings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 617       Organizational Theory and Analysis in Education
Human organization as the setting for the delivery of educational services.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 619       Special Topics in Educational Leadership

Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Notes:
Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 621       Assessment of Classroom Learning
Examines both traditional and emerging assessment techniques, including Performance Assessment and Learning Portfolios, for examining students' learning outcomes.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 623       Topics in Educational Technology
Topics and issues in educational technology.
Course Hours:
H(3-2)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 625       Teacher Evaluation
Examines both traditional and emerging techniques, e.g. Portfolios, for assessing teacher performance.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 627       Program Evaluation
Systematically examines the evaluation enterprise including concepts, procedures and uses of evaluation.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 629       Special Topics in Assessment/Evaluation
Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 631       Special Topics in Workplace and Adult Learning
Examines topics in Workplace and Adult Learning.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 641       Research on the Reading Process
Examination and criticism of competing theoretical discourses about the teaching and learning of reading in the elementary school.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 649       Special Topics in English Language Education

Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 651       Philosophy of Education
Philosophical topics in the context of education. Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 653       Sociology of Education
Sociological topics in the context of education. Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 655       Comparative Education
Topics in comparative education. Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 657       Culture and Gender Studies
Culture and gender topics in the context of education. Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 659       History of Education
Historical topics in the context of education. Consult Schedule of Classes for offerings.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 667       Second Language Reading and Writing
Research and practice in second language reading and writing; instructional techniques for specific audiences; theories of reading and writing.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 669       Aspects of Second Language and Culture
Introduction to research and issues on various aspects of second language and culture.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 671       Conceptualizing Educational Technology
Seminar to familiarize students with the terrain of educational technology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 673       Instructional Design
Integration of theory and practice associated with the selection and sequencing of content across the instructional spectrum and the matching of instructional strategies to characteristics of learners and content.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 675       Principles of Instructional Development
Topics include the examination of a variety of instructional development models, the systems approach to developing instruction, front-end analysis and needs assessment, risk analysis, constraint analysis, resource analysis, task analysis, and evaluation.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 677       Distributed Learning
Examination of distributed teaching and learning processes in educational systems with attention to computer mediated teaching and communication and integrated instructional design methodologies. Other topics include media selection, online team-building, social context issues, and leadership of distributed learning organizations.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 679       Special Topics in Educational Technology
Examination of current topics and issues in educational technology and related areas.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 681       Studying Curriculum
Curriculum research, theory, and practice with particular reference to curriculum aims, content, organization and change.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Antirequisite(s):
Not open to students with credit in Educational Research 665, 669.27 or 699.42.
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Educational Research 683       Curriculum Development, Implementation and Assessment
Making sense of what happens when curriculum policy becomes reality and affects students, teachers, parents and politicians.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 685       Interpretive Curriculum Discourses
The field of interpretive work in curriculum theory.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 689       Aspects of School Curriculum
Introductory systematic study of research and issues focused on various areas of the school curriculum.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 690       Professional Project
Seminar course to facilitate the preparation and evaluation of an independent culminating project.
Course Hours:
F(3-0)
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Educational Research 691       Critical Issues in Education
Culminating course focusing on the integration and application of major themes covered in student's program.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Educational Research 693       Interpretive Study of Curriculum
Introduction to the various forms of educational inquiry.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 695       Inquiry into Culture, History, Language and Cognition
Examination of the foundations of interpretive studies.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 697       Special Topics

Course Hours:
Q(1.5-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 698       Special Topics

Course Hours:
F(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 700       Seminar for First-Year PhD/EdD Students
Seminar on selected topics.
Course Hours:
F(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Educational Research 701       Advanced Research Methods
Advanced study in the conduct of research.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 703       Directed Study
Individual doctoral study in a selected area.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 705       Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership
Provides doctoral students with a contemporary Canadian focus on significant issues in educational leadership.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 719       Advanced Special Topics in Educational Leadership

Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 733       Advanced Workplace and Adult Learning
Advanced exploration of diverse topics in workplace and adult learning.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division
Notes:
Normally restricted to doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 741       Advanced Seminar in Theory and Research in Literacy Education
A critical examination of theories, models, and research that underpin literacy education.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 761       Research Seminar on Second Language Education
Multidimensional perspectives on theory building about second language learning and teaching, including factors such as language, schooling, curriculum, culture, community and society.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 771       Doctoral Seminar in Educational Technology
Advanced doctoral seminar focused on defining issues and current research in educational technology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
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Educational Research 779       Advanced Educational Technology
Advanced concepts in educational technology.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division
Notes:
Normally restricted to doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 781       Conceptualizing Curriculum Research
Analysis of different approaches to curriculum research, especially assumptions, meaning frameworks, and views of the theory/practice relationship.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 783       Conceptualizing Instructional Research
Critical examination of various theoretical frameworks and representative studies in the literature of research on instruction.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 785       Advanced Study of Interpretive Curriculum Discourses
An advanced study of interpretive curriculum discourses focussing on cutting-edge examples of such work.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
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Educational Research 789       Advanced Curriculum Study
Research and issues in the study of a variety of topics and areas concerning the school curriculum.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 797       Advanced Special Topics

Course Hours:
Q(1.5-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Educational Research 798       Advanced Special Topics

Course Hours:
F(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Division.
Notes:
Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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