EDUC 612
Provided experience using research skills to foster systematic and thoughtful inquiry into classroom practice. Explored relevant classroom practice issues through critical writing, action, and research. Emphasized cultural diversity and gender issues in research.
The purpose of this course was to provide participants with:
a) emergent knowledge about academic classroom-based research approaches;
b) opportunities for experience using research skills;
c) a foundation for implementing reflective, systematic, and thoughtful inquiry into classroom
practice, and
d) a developing perspective on the cultural and linguistic variables in classrooms.
Practitioners explored relevant classroom practice issues through writing, reflections, experimenting with action research strategies, and sharing their work in a collaborative setting. Through the critical examination of action research and experimentation with action research strategies and approaches, teachers came to recognize the value of action research as a way to make more informed decisions about practice. Participants gave special attention to cultural diversity and their own cultural backgrounds as they inform their approaches to teaching and learning, begin to explore other cultural dimensions in the consideration of research questions, puzzlements, and the conduct of research.
The purpose of this course was to provide participants with:
a) emergent knowledge about academic classroom-based research approaches;
b) opportunities for experience using research skills;
c) a foundation for implementing reflective, systematic, and thoughtful inquiry into classroom
practice, and
d) a developing perspective on the cultural and linguistic variables in classrooms.
Practitioners explored relevant classroom practice issues through writing, reflections, experimenting with action research strategies, and sharing their work in a collaborative setting. Through the critical examination of action research and experimentation with action research strategies and approaches, teachers came to recognize the value of action research as a way to make more informed decisions about practice. Participants gave special attention to cultural diversity and their own cultural backgrounds as they inform their approaches to teaching and learning, begin to explore other cultural dimensions in the consideration of research questions, puzzlements, and the conduct of research.