MAKING METHODS MATCH PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE

Catalog description

This course explores the conceptual and practical aspects of applied research in education. Students will learn how to apply analytic tools to address real-world problems and ways to link practical questions with methods of inquiry. Specific topics to be addressed include: How do you know what you know in applied education research? How can leaders choose from an array of available methodologies in ways that match the problems before them? What methods best match my area of interest? Particular attention will be paid to building out a draft of students' problem-based dissertation proposal.