Educational Research EDER
Instruction offered by members of the Graduate Division of Educational Research.
Associate Dean - C. Webber
Graduate Courses
Educational Research 600 F(3-0)
Seminar for First-Year MA/MSc Students
Will assist students in thinking about research questions and how to prepare a research proposal.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Educational Research 601 H(3-0)
Interpreting Educational Research
Making sense of educational research as theory and practice mutually informing one another. Intended for MEd students.
Educational Research 603 H(3-0)
Research Methods
Introduction to various approaches to research in education.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 605 Q(1.5-0)
Special Topics in Professional Development
Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 606 F(3-0)
Special Topics in Professional Development
Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 607 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Professional Development
Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 609 H(3-0)
Research Methods
Various approaches to research in education.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Educational Research 611 H(3-0)
Communication in Educational Administration
To explore dominant areas of interpersonal communication which constantly challenge educational leaders.
Educational Research 613 H(3-0)
Change and Innovation in Education
Examines both traditional and contemporary research literature relevant to change and innovation in educational settings.
Educational Research 615 H(3-0)
Organizational Behaviour in Education
The behaviour of individuals and groups in the organizational context: Schools and educational organizations as a special case.
Educational Research 617 H(3-0)
Organizational Theory and Analysis in Education
Human organization as the setting for the delivery of educational services.
Educational Research 619 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Educational Leadership
Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 621 H(3-0)
Assessment of Classroom Learning
Examines both traditional and emerging assessment techniques, including Performance Assessment and Learning Portfolios, for examining students' learning outcomes.
Educational Research 625 H(3-0)
Teacher Evaluation
Examines both traditional and emerging techniques, e.g. Portfolios, for assessing teacher performance.
Educational Research 627 H(3-0)
Program Evaluation
Systematically examines the evaluation enterprise including concepts, procedures and uses of evaluation.
Educational Research 629 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Assessment/Evaluation
Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 631 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Workplace and Adult Learning
Examines topics in Workplace and Adult Learning.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 640 F(3-0)
Teaching and Learning Across the Curriculum
Develops a critical foundation for understanding and promoting active learning across the subject areas.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Educational Research 649.03 or 649.04.
Educational Research 641 H(3-0)
Research on the Reading Process
Examination and criticism of competing theoretical discourses about the teaching and learning of reading in the elementary school.
Educational Research 643 H(3-0)
Foundational Research in Language Arts Teaching
Theory, research, and advocated instructional practices. Emphasis on the role of oral language in classrooms and the teaching of writing.
Educational Research 645 H(3-0)
Implications of Literacy
Exploration of the implications of literacy on both a societal and individual level; attention to specialized literacies of our culture.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Educational Research 649.05 or 699.44.
Educational Research 649 H(3-0)
Special Topics in English Language Education
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 651 H(3-0)
Philosophy of Education
Philosophical topics in the context of education. Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 653 H(3-0)
Sociology of Education
Sociological topics in the context of education. Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 655 H(3-0)
Comparative Education
Topics in comparative education. Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 657 H(3-0)
Culture and Gender Studies
Culture and gender topics in the context of education. Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 659 H(3-0)
History of Education
Historical topics in the context of education. Consult current timetable for offerings.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 667 H(3-0)
Second Language Reading and Writing
Research and practice in second language reading and writing; instructional techniques for specific audiences; theories of reading and writing.
Educational Research 669 H(3-0)
Aspects of Second Language and Culture
Introduction to research and issues on various aspects of second language and culture.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 671 H(3-0)
Conceptualizing Educational Technology
Seminar to familiarize students with the terrain of educational technology.
Educational Research 673 H(3-0)
Instructional Design
Integration of theory and practice associated with the selection and sequencing of content across the instructional spectrum and the matching of instructional strategies to characteristics of learners and content.
Educational Research 675 H(3-0)
Principles of Instructional Development
Topics include the examination of a variety of instructional development models, the systems approach to developing instruction, front-end analysis and needs assessment, risk analysis, constraint analysis, resource analysis, task analysis, and evaluation.
Educational Research 677 H(3-0)
Distributed Learning
Examination of distributed teaching and learning processes in educational systems with attention to computer mediated teaching and communication and integrated instructional design methodologies. Other topics include media selection, online team-building, social context issues, and leadership of distributed learning organizations.
Educational Research 679 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Educational Technology
Examination of current topics and issues in educational technology and related areas.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 681 H(3-0)
Studying Curriculum
Curriculum research, theory, and practice with particular reference to curriculum aims, content, organization and change.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Educational Research 665, 669.27 or 699.42.
Educational Research 683 H(3-0)
Curriculum Development, Implementation and Assessment
Making sense of what happens when curriculum policy becomes reality and affects students, teachers, parents and politicians.
Educational Research 685 H(3-0)
Interpretive Curriculum Discourses
The field of interpretive work in curriculum theory.
Educational Research 689 H(3-0)
Aspects of School Curriculum
Introductory systematic study of research and issues focused on various areas of the school curriculum.
Note: For Master's students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 690 F(3-0)
Professional Project
Seminar course to facilitate the preparation and evaluation of an independent culminating project.
Educational Research 691 H(3-0)
Critical Issues in Education
Culminating course focusing on the integration and application of major themes covered in student's program.
Educational Research 693 H(3-0)
Interpretive Study of Curriculum
Introduction to the various forms of educational inquiry.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 695 H(3-0)
Inquiry into Culture, History, Language and Cognition
Examination of the foundations of interpretive studies.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 700 F(3-0)
Seminar for First-Year PhD/EdD Students
Seminar on selected topics.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Educational Research 701 H(3-0)
Advanced Research Methods
Advanced study in the conduct of research.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 703 H(3-0)
Directed Study
Individual doctoral study in a selected area.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 705 H(3-0)
Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership
Provides doctoral students with a contemporary Canadian focus on significant issues in educational leadership.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 719 H(3-0)
Advanced Special Topics in Educational Leadership
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 741 H(3-0)
Advanced Seminar in Theory and Research in Literacy Education
A critical examination of theories, models, and research that underpin literacy education.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 761 H(3-0)
Research Seminar on Second Language Education
Multidimensional perspectives on theory building about second language learning and teaching, including factors such as language, schooling, curriculum, culture, community and society.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 771 H(3-0)
Doctoral Seminar in Educational Technology
Advanced doctoral seminar focused on defining issues and current research in educational technology.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Educational Research 781 H(3-0)
Conceptualizing Curriculum Research
Analysis of different approaches to curriculum research, especially assumptions, meaning frameworks, and views of the theory/practice relationship.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 783 H(3-0)
Conceptualizing Instructional Research
Critical examination of various theoretical frameworks and representative studies in the literature of research on instruction.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 785 H(3-0)
Advanced Study of Interpretive Curriculum Discourses
An advanced study of interpretive curriculum discourses focussing on cutting-edge examples of such work.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
Educational Research 789 H(3-0)
Advanced Curriculum Study
Research and issues in the study of a variety of topics and areas concerning the school curriculum.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Educational Research 797 Q(1.5-0)
Advanced Special Topics
Prerequisites: Consent of the Division.
Note: Normally restricted to Doctoral students.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT