EDUC 620 - Action Res and Writing for Publication

3 Hour(s)

This course will introduce educational professionals to their roles as research practitioners within a comprehensive, equitable, results-based school program. Methods for locating, reading critically, and evaluating research in the profession will be presented. Skills and strategies for generating action research questions, planning a project, collecting and analyzing data and applying findings to student learning will be included. The program-required Master Practitioner Portfolio (MAPP) and Action Research Thesis (ART) will be introduced. Students will also be required to submit action research proposals to the Salem College Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval.