Spring Semester 1982

Kelowna

Monday evenings: 4:30-8:30

Dr. David Hopkins

Campus: 291-4387

Home: 467-4588

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EDUC 429-4: RESEARCH FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER

• . . the outstanding characteristics of the

extended professional (teacher) is a capacity

for autonomous professional self --development

through systematic self-study, through the

study of the work of other teachers and through

the testing of ideas by classroom research

techniques.

- Lawrence Stenhouse - An Introduction to Curriculum

Research & Development, p.145.

This quotation by Lawrence Stenhouse provides a brief but compellingly

appropriate introduction to the course. The major presupposition underlying the course is

that teachers need to become more responsible for their own professional development,

and one way of doing this is through classroom research. As a corollary, the course is

practically based -- the aim is to give participants understanding, skills and practice in

classroom research as an aid to their own professional development. Consequently, the

participants day to day experience in the classroom provides the context for

understanding and practising classroom research procedures.

We will adopt an informal seminar/workshop format for the course: activities will

include lectures, presentations, demonstrations, workshops and the mutual sharing of

experience. In order to place classroom research within its educational context, we will

first discuss the theoretical implications of the activity and review the pertinent

literature, before examining specific research techniques and applying them to actual

teaching situations. The requirements for the course will include: a classroom research

project, a student log-book of the course, and a critical review of the literature.

The Required Text is:

Acheson, Keith A., and Meredith F). (;nll. Techniques in the Clinical Supervision of

Teachers. New York: Longinans, 1980.

The text will be supplemented by readings provided by the instructor.

For further information about the course feel free to contact the instructor - David

Hopkins, by telephone.