EDLD 705 - Foundations of Inquiry for Social Justice

Units: 3
Explore multiple paradigms of inquiry, dominant and emancipatory forms of knowledge construction, and multiple dimensions that shape research/knowledge construction. Articulate an area of interest and develop a critical base for designing research about/in that area.

Prerequisites: Admission to Ed.D. Educational Leadership Program.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Use multiple forms of reflection to analyze a current problem in educational leadership and demonstrate focused, ethical behavior (1.1).
Demonstrate skills for effective collaborative group work (e.g., inquiry, dialogue, facilitation) and assess use of collaborative structures in multiple contexts (1.3).
Demonstrate understanding of how knowledge is constructed in education and related fields (8.1).
Identify and analyze theoretical and ethical issues in knowledge construction and research practice (8.2).
Consider and evaluate the range of information producers and stakeholders for educational issues (8.3).
Identify and analyze multiple perspectives/epistemologies that inform educational issues/knowledge construction of educational issues as well as the historical and cultural power dynamics of those perspectives.
Identify and analyze gaps and biases in professional knowledge (8.4).
Assess research design, claims, evidence, validity/trustworthiness, and value in methodological, theoretical and ethical context (8.5).
Demonstrate commitment to the role of practitioner-researcher as demonstrated by use of multiple avenues to create and share knowledge about local, state, and national educational issues (8.8).
Demonstrate proficiency in academic writing genres, including logical argumentation, coherent organization, and appropriate sentence structures (9.1).
Assess, evaluate, and synthesize evidence to support an argument (9.2).
Demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication with practitioner audiences, including evaluation reports and summarizing/presenting research (9.3).