Tying current research on science teaching/learning to a classroom practice, this course examines advanced teaching strategies, discusses equity issues, and makes connections between formal and informal learning.

Course will explore the historical development of psychology as a field of study and its relationship to educational practice in the school setting. The course will cover the development of psychology from the ancient Greeks to Wilhelm Wundt, to the implications of the work of John Dewey and William James in relationship to educational practice.

Matrix algebra, linear models, profile analysis, analysis of multivariate experimental designs, discriminant, canonical, and components analysis. Prerequisite: EDUC 771

This seminar is for students interested in how to use multimodal media production to engage youth in literacy practices they will need for participating in future academic, civil, and social contexts.

Supervised on-the-job CAGS school psychology experience. Work includes delivery of indirect and direct services in the areas of assessment, prevention, intervention, case management, and system level service delivery.

A seminar course for advanced students in psychometric methods. Possible topics include performance-based assessment, standard-setting, computer-based testing, automated test construction, large-scale assessment issues, and test translations methodology.

Exploration of student-centered and democratic teaching methods in the social studies.

This course will focus on social justice-oriented research methodologies in support of students as they create and carry out research projects with/for historically marginalized communities. Students will explore various traditions that cohere under the umbrella of critical research to further develop their work. Doctoral students in Social Justice Education and other areas of study that emphasize critical social inquiry are most welcome. Prerequisites: basic experience with qualitative research.

This course will provide a basic introduction to arts-based research methods in the social sciences for students already familiar with qualitative methods, but eager to explore different ways of conducting interdisciplinary research. Students will develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations of arts-based research and will be able to critically assess the appropriate application of arts-based work. Students will conduct two course projects: The first project will be the creation of a folio of visual and performative artistic explorations of their existing body of qualitative data.

Students will be introduced to foundational philosophies and strategies for qualitative data analysis, coding their own data sets in weekly workshop and discussion settings. Strategies will be presented for setting up and organizing a database, coding and sorting data into categories, modifying and refining the scheme, aggregating data into larger themes or patterns, establishing audit trails, triangulating among data sources, participants and methodologies, and establishing trustworthiness of the data set.