EDF - Foundations of Education

EDF 366 Conceptions of Schooling: Context and Process (4)

Prerequisite: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125; 2.5 GPA. Social, historical and philosophical perspectives of schooling including legal, ethical and multicultural foundations for the professional educator in a democratic society and their implications for classroom communication, organization and management.

EDF 408 Workshop (1-3)

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

EDF 422 Directed Studies (1-3)

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

EDF 500 Conceptions of Schooling (3)

Co-requisite: EDFE 125. Investigation of social contributions of schools. Determination of what the public expects from local schools, assessing how accurately present systems meet public's expectations and individual implications for teaching.

EDF 508 Workshop (1-3)

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

EDF 513 Professional Renewal (1-3)

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

EDF 610 Teacher Research (3)

Provides teachers with an analytic framework for understanding different types of teacher research as well as strategies and techniques for conducting research in K-12 schools.

EDF 619 Pluralism in Education (3)

Assists student in recognizing need for creating processes that enable children, educators and others to support and design a culturally and socially diverse curriculum.

EDF 622 Directed Studies (1-3)

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

EDF 640 Psychological Foundations of Education (3)

Exploration and analysis of possible range of assumptions about nature of human activity (thinking, behaving, feeling) and implications of those assumptions relative to educational enterprise.

EDF 662 Foundations of Curriculum Development & Instructional Practice (3)

Examines nature and scope of curriculum planning, instructional design, decision-making, and implementation. Delivery and instruction of a curriculum, the process for changing curriculum are investigated.

EDF 664 Instruction and Assessment (3)

Examine current issues in instructional and assessment practices, from social and historical and political perspectives; focus on the research literature on instruction and assessment practices.

EDF 665 Current Issues in Instruction and Assessment Practices (3)

Examine current issues in instructional and assessment practices, from social and historical and political perspectives; focus on the research literature on instruction and assessment practices.

EDF 685 Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)

Examine leading contemporary and classical philosophical systems and how they culminate in practical educational goals, systems of justification and practices. Includes the study of educational aims and values.

EDF 670 Introduction of Research Literature (3)

Examines roots of educational research, its evolution in context of educational reform. Conceptual base in the interpretation, application, and dissemination of current and emerging literature.

EDF 700 Implementation & Evaluation of Curriculum (3)

Analysis of major concepts as related to the implementation and evaluation of curriculum. Covers models of curriculum design and strategies for implementing and evaluating curriculum.

EDF 790 Supervised Practicum in Professional Teacher Preparation (3)

Prerequisites: Teaching experience at the appropriate school level (elementary or secondary), student must have approval from either the Elementary or Secondary Program Coordinator. Course is designed for the doctoral student who elects to teach in teacher preparation programs.

EDF 797 Doctoral Proposal Research (1-4)

Candidate must earn a minimum of 4 credit hours for doctoral proposal research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree.

EDF 799 Doctoral Dissertation (1-12)

Candidate must earn a minimum of 12 credit hours for the dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree.