TLPL794

Foundations of Educational Research I

Restriction: Must be in Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership (Doctoral) program. Credit only granted for: EDPS788P or TLPL794. Formerly: EDPS788P. An introduction to the "contested terrain" of education research. It examines major conceptual, methodological and political issues embedded in efforts to carry out education research and focuses on the development of the analytic dispositions and communication skills required to carry out research that meets the variously defined quality, utility and significance standards of scholarship in the field.