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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This course examines various approaches to conceptualizing, interpreting, and making operational social justice. The course will review the historical development of the concept of social justice in an inter-disciplinary manner. Particular attention will be given to: critically competing ethical and religious theories of justice; sociological factors of schools as institutions of injustice and cultures that can promote an ethos to further justice; the relationships of the ethical theory of justice of educational institutions; and the examination of pedagogy for social justice. The goal of the course is to bring together ethics, sociology of education, and concrete pedagogy.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This course examines ethics in education, moral development theory, and leadership theory. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the individual in the development of principles and practices of just and caring leadership. Critical inquiry into the responsibility of leaders for the protection and promotion of democratic schooling and global citizenship is highlighted.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This course examines components of instructional refl ective leadership and the relationship to educational achievement for diverse populations. The course will critically examine the following topics related to achievement: standards-based education, assessment and accountability systems, processes for equitable access to curriculum and learning, participatory education, inclusive critical pedagogy, and the equitable and appropriate use of technology. The sociocultural perspective and the psychology of learning will guide the exploration of leadership, accountability, instruction, and assessment.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This course will focus on organizational theory and culture, systemic change, and supervision of programs and personnel. The role of the leader as an agent for transformative change, an informed implementer of technology to reduce the digital divide, and facilitator for community collaboration is examined.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This introductory course provides educational leaders with an integrated methodological approach to practitioner research through school and classroom-based research. A survey of quantitative and qualitative methods will be the basis for situated inquiry in which candidates are introduced to fi eld-based, problem-solving research, survey research methodology, program evaluation research, and technology. Candidates will improve skills in the development of research instruments and tools for data collection.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This advanced quantitative research course focuses on univariate and multivariate methods utilizing advanced technology and desktop statistical software to conduct and design fi eld-based analyses of diverse data sets from educational settings. Prerequisite: EDUC/EDLA 6105 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This advanced qualitative research course focuses on a variety of qualitative research methods and designs for diverse educational settings, including ethnography, observations, interviews, and case studies. The research will be focused through the lens of social justice.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This seminar explores the historical, philosophical, and structural issues in public education. The seminar will include a discussion and analysis of the current issues defi ning and challenging public P-12 education.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours This is an advanced course in leadership theory and the study of organizational structure, culture, and climate. The course will emphasize the following: refl ective, shared, and servant leadership; multiple assessment measures to evaluate learning; design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development, accountability systems; the processes involved in establishing positive organizational culture; diversity in school communities; and communication and collaboration with diverse families and community members.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours The recruitment, management, and assessment of fi scal and human resources will be explored through the lens of social justice. This course includes the following: national, state, and local funding and fi scal management; human resource recruitment, retention, and evaluation; equity analysis of resources for diversity; strategies for building effective learning communities; and an analysis of the equity and adequacy issues governing school fi nance.
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