Readings, lectures, and/or discussions in specific topics not normally covered by other courses in the program.
Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid
Presents the basic principles, techniques, and ethical considerations underlying educational research and assessment. Students will learn about the action research cycle and the ethical uses of empirical evidence and assessments to inform practice. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Winter 2024 - Online Spring/Summer 2024 - Online Fall 2024 - Hybrid Winter 2025 - Hybrid
This course will introduce the historical, philosophical, and sociological foundations of education in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the changing purposes of education historically, the legal and procedural expansion of schooling to an increasingly diverse student population, and the cultural competencies needed to teach all students effectively. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Winter 2024 - Online Spring/Summer 2024 - Hybrid Fall 2024 - Online Winter 2025 - Online
Globalization is changing the purposes of education around the world, both increasing competition and enhancing global citizenship. This course will examine the interrelationship between sociocultural contexts and education in multiple countries, the impact of globalization on educational policies and practices, and global perspectives on these emerging challenges and opportunities. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Part of the Globalization Issue. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Spring/Summer 2024 - Online
This course explores connections between U.S. PK-12 education systems and juvenile justice systems. Emphasis will be placed on ways these two systems interact and how different groups are served by these systems. Topics include the school-to-prison pipeline, zero tolerance policies, restorative practices, and roles of racism, gender, family, and communities. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing
This culminating education course will explore the context of contemporary educational issues. Students will analyze and critique current educational practices and policies and draw upon foundational perspectives in addressing such issues. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: EDI 430 or EDI 431 (may be taken concurrently).
Winter 2024 - Online Fall 2024 - Online
Explores the context of contemporary educational issues. Students draw upon foundational perspectives to analyze and critique current educational practices and policies. To develop their professional capacities, students will use action research to integrate and apply their knowledge and skills when making curricular and instructional decisions. Offered fall and winter semesters. Corequisite: EDI 430 or EDI 431.
Winter 2025 - Online
Interdisciplinary course incorporating the views of linguists, psychologists, sociologists, educators, and speech researchers. Exploration of the background literature and practical implications of the problems raised by social class and ethnic differences in language. Ten hours field experience required. Offered at least once a year.
Fall 2024 - Hybrid
An examination of the differentiation of the terms "discipline'' and "classroom management.'' Review and study of such interrelated subjects as authority, rules, power, responsibility, types and degrees of control, and the many related attitudes, standards, and prejudices that combine to complicate a problem. Offered at least once a year.
Fall 2024 - Online
Consideration of learning situations in the light of psychological findings and concepts. Development of a theory of learning and its applications to the teaching of attitudes, skills, concept formation, and understanding. Offered at least once a year.
Winter 2024 - Online Winter 2025 - Online
Introduces educational inquiry and explores the impact it can have on educational institutions. Investigates educational evaluation. Provides foundational research knowledge necessary for Capstone courses EDF 693 and EDF 695. Offered every semester.
Winter 2024 - Online Spring/Summer 2024 - Online Fall 2024 - Online Winter 2025 - Hybrid
Course offers an advanced examination of social foundations, theories, and perspectives in education in preparation for an analysis and critique of selected policy related issues and practices in U. S. education. Offered every semester.
Winter 2024 - Online Spring/Summer 2024 - Online Fall 2024 - Online Winter 2025 - Online
Examines education as a social and cultural phenomenon. Explores the implications of this perspective on educational experience in general and the processes of teaching and learning in particular. Offered every semester.
