This doctoral seminar is designed to support in-depth exploration of critical approaches to discourse analysis as a basis for research on language and literacy in educational settings.

The course fosters meaningful discussions about the nature and practice of elementary and middle school science education and enables teachers to identify elements of inquiry, conduct investigations, and implement scientific inquiry in their classrooms.

Graduate level course for practicing elementary and middle school teachers.

Impact of national economic and social development on women's role and status, especially in Third World countries. Analysis of educational strategies for promoting equal participation of women in this process.

Not available at this time.

Theory, practice, and manifestations of oppression. Various educational methods and techniques of combating oppression.

This seminar is designed for incoming doctoral students in social justice education. It examines different epistemological orientations and inquiry methods used in conducting research by scholars in the field. The course explores the boundaries between theory, research, policy and practice in social justice education; examine personal, practical, epistemological and political dilemmas in producing scholarly work, and review and apply inquiry methods and tools that support critical, systematic scholarship and evidence based practices in social justice education.

Not available at this time.

This course focuses on the planning, production, and analysis of educational videos. Students will engage in all video production processes with a special focus on online video editing production.

This seminar will explore cognitive development from infancy to middle childhood and adolescence. We begin with a brief study of the neural bases of cognition and an exploration of theories specific to the study of cognition. Other areas of study of cognitive development include language and literacy, number and space, and play.

This course is intended for a small group of doctoral students who have course papers that they would like to develop into publishable manuscripts. A requirement for participation is that you have a paper reporting research that has already received substantive feedback from a faculty member. The class will provide support for further substantive development of your work; consideration of appropriate journals for submission and their requirements, expectations, and procedures; and revision of your paper for submission to an appropriate journal.