HEA 687 - Educational Research & Planning

3 Credits

This is the first of a three-course sequence (EDU687, EDU688, and EDU699) designed to prepare students for their capstone project. Students review and reflect on the M.Ed. program and course level outcomes, as well as their specific concentration. Students develop an Understanding of the tenets of quality, action-oriented educational research and the criteria for selecting a capstone project related to their concentration. Students will learn how to construct research questions, conduct background research and hypothesize solutions to problems facing education practitioners. This course requires students to determine the focus of their capstone project, construct a theory of action, write a problem statement and begin a literature review.