Mar 28, 2024  
ACE Catalog - Volume 40 
    
ACE Catalog - Volume 40 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RES5173 - Research Methods for Educational Leaders

Credits: 3
This course enables students to become informed consumers of educational research and to develop skills that prepare them to carry out action research in their schools and classrooms. An emphasis is placed on providing students with knowledge that they can apply in determining whether particular research findings are relevant to their leadership and instructional practices and to distinguish between trustworthy and non-trustworthy research. Throughout the course, students identify the elements that scientifically-based research and action research share. Emphasis is placed on how research can become a vital and relevant tool for teachers and school leaders.