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EDUCATION 429-4

RESEARCH FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER

Spring, 1988

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Instructor: Dr. Stan M. Shapson

January 11 to April 10

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Location:

MPX

8542

Mondays 4:30 - 8:20

CALENDER DESCRIPTION

Designing research projects on individually selected problems related to

classroom teaching.

Prerequisite: Educ. 401/402 or equivalent.

MAIN AIMS

The course is intended primarily for teachers and administrators in the public

schools. The main aim is not to train you to become a professional researcher.

Instead the main goals are:

1)

to help you understand and interpret (i.e. consume) information and

ideas from published educational research.

2)

to help you develop an orientation toward practicing applied researcher

procedures to your classroom or school setting.

REQUIREMENTS

1.

weekly reading assignments/active classroom participation

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(10%)

2.

critical analysis of a published research study

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3.

review of a technique for collecting educational measures

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(20%)

4.

Proposal for an applied research study

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(50%)

TEXTBOOKS

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Required

W. R. Borg. Applying educational research: A practical guide for teachers.

Longman Inc., 1981.

Recommended

R. S. Brandt. Applied strategies for curriculum evaluation. Virginia: Association for

Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1981.

D. Hopkins. Teacher's guide to classroom research. Philadelphia: Open

University Press, 1985.