EDLD 782 - Dissertation Committee Seminar II

Units: 1
Implementation of a dissertation research design. In-depth guidance in successfully conducting dissertation research, including gathering and analyzing data.

Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify and analyze gaps and biases in professional knowledge (8.4).
Assess research design, claims, evidence, validity, and value in theoretical and ethical context (8.5).
Assess research design, claims, evidence, validity, and value in context of educational organizations, systems, and communities (8.6).
Identify and analyze multiple research designs to best address gaps in knowledge (8.7).
Design and apply appropriate research methodology in framing and carrying out inquiry, including the implementation one’s own approved dissertation research design (8.7).
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, summarizing/presenting research, and developing and successfully defending a final dissertation proposal (9.3).