Methods of Inquiry: Collecting, Interpreting, and Using Data

Catalog description

This class emphasizes the skills a practitioner-researcher will need to generate and employ data to address problems in practice. Students develop the ability to understand strengths and weaknesses of different data gathering methods and which methods are best suited to which problems. The ethics of data use and the potential for representing multiple perspectives will be explored. Along the way they will begin gathering the literature that will inform their own action-oriented inquiry. Students will learn to use data to communicate effectively with their constituent groups. Students will expand on their review of literature that will inform their own action-oriented inquiry. This course will serve as the foundation and launching point for students’ action-oriented research project in EDU-7350.