Education, Courses Summer 2000

Summer 2000 Course Descriptions
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Courses listed below are approved UA courses as of Summer 2000. Not all approved courses will be offered during this term. For course offerings/availability during a specific term, see the Schedule of Classes. Each course number below links to the Schedule of Classes.

Education (EDUC) Dept Info - College Info

EDUC 350 Schooling In America (3) Nature and functions of schools in society; school reform proposals; moral dimensions of schooling; equality of educational opportunity; alternatives to schooling; nature of teaching profession.

EDUC 500 Disciplined Inquiry in Education (3) Introduction to research methods in education: analysis of research; writing of research reviews; applying research results in educational settings.

EDUC 501 Foundations of Education (3) Schools and social institutions; political and social influences on education; nature of the education profession; reform and implementation in education.

EDUC 502 Variations in Learners (3) Nature and extent of differences among learners, both among and within groups; causes and factors relating to variations in learners; implications for educational placement, curricular planning and program development.

EDUC 600 Quantitative/Inferential Methods in Education (4) Statistical procedures for addressing educational questions using data from experimental (ANOVA) and correlational (multiple regression) studies relationships between inferential statistics and other forms of educational research inquiry.

EDUC 601 Qualitative Methods in Education (3) Introduction to theory and methods of conducting research through extended participant observation in school or community settings; field work, ethnography, case study, qualitative methods.

EDUC 602 Research Design and Techniques in Education (3) In-depth explorations of various research paradigms in educational inquiry and their research designs; critical analysis of the structure and logic of various designs and techniques; preparation of research proposals.

EDUC 604 Leadership for Educational Change (3) Investigations of the characteristics of leadership as they apply to changing basic educational organizational structures and processes.

EDUC 605 Evaluation of Educational Programs and Personnel (3) Models, purposes served, contextual influences and procedures employed in evaluating educational programs and personnel.

EDUC 606 Policy Analysis in Education (3) Understanding of and necessary skills to provide leadership in the area of educational policy development and analysis.

EDUC 612 Philosophy of Education (3) I II Analysis of values and conflicts in American culture as these direct educational policy; critical examination of contending philosophies in the light of democratic ideals.

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