Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:
May 6, 7 & 27, 28
Jun 10, 11 & 24, 25 
Jul 15, 16

Meeting Times:
Fridays 5:30pm – 8:00 pm*
Saturdays 9:30am - 4:00 pm

Meeting Location:
In-person: College of New Caledonia, Canfor Tech Building, Room# 2-805

Additional Details:
Please note following provincial health guidelines regarding COVID19, this class may pivot to be remote hosted on Zoom.

CANVAS will be our home base, we will utilize various forms gathering (in-person and Zoom) for our cohort gatherings.

*Friday evenings will be a blended learning experience that is self-directed and self-paced learning along with scheduled one-on-one sessions with your instructor and site assistant and  small group work (e.g., peer-feedback; group analysis support).

Saturdays will involve some mini-lectures, small group discussions, and time to work on individual analysis and reports. Given this is the culminating course intended to support your successful completion of the program please note: everyone is expected to be in-class on Friday and Saturdays unless previously agreed to with the instructor.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Building on the work you have done in EDUC 864, in EDUC 904, we will explore more in-depth the various tenants of data analysis required for conducting research into our practice. Students will be working through various phases of their own research projects, from research proposal and ethics to data collection to data analysis and report writing.  In practical terms, EDUC 904-5: Fieldwork III is the opportunity for each student to complete the design, execution, and write up of their research project addressing the research topic that is personally important and relevant to his/her professional work.

Knowledge:

1. To be able to compare and contrast different data analysis models.
2. To gain an appreciation for and insight into the concepts of research design, analysis, and dissemination.

Self-reflection:

1. To share and contrast your perspectives related to research in education with colleagues through in-class and online discussion and sharing your own research experiences.
2. To reflect on areas of strengths and weaknesses of research in education in relation to your own practice and context.
3. To connect your personal reflections to assigned readings and class discussions to deepen your own process of understanding research in education.

Application to practice:  

1. To construct a useful set of understandings of research processes designed to assist you in confronting complex issues as educators and administrators in your own field of practice.
2. To demonstrate understanding of research analysis and reporting of findings through a research report.

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Students will be using a variety of software during the course, the links to the software provided to SFU graduate students for no charge will be posted on CANVAS (e.g., Zotero, NVivo). All students should have a working version of Excel (or Numbers) on one of their devices (e.g., laptop, iPad, or desktop). Please be aware that if you are using a computer belonging to your employer, administrative rights and permissions from your IT department will be needed if you are downloading software to a work-device.

REQUIRED READING:

There are no formally required readings for this course. We will continue to use materials and resources from EDUC 864 (See CANVAS). Additional support resources will also be posted by the instructor and site assistant and will be based on the topics and research interests of the students. Any support resources will be listed through CANVAS (http://canvas.sfu.ca) and will be accessible online through the SFU Library or provided in class.

RECOMMENDED READING: