Educational Leadership (EdL)
201. Organizational Theory in Complex Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Combines alternative views
of organizational theory with applications to the structure of the school;
to critical roles played by teachers, principals and other school personnel;
and to examine the relationships among structural elements of schools.
202. Planning and Changing in Education (3)
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Examines strategies for
initiating and institutional izing change in people and organizations, with
particular attention to moral and ethical issues faced by educational leaders.
Attention is given to the development of skills in communicating results
of research and evaluation, critiquing of scholarly and professional writing
and communication of research and technical information.
203. Governance and Political Perspectives for Educational Leadership
(3)
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Determinants of policy
in educational organizations and leadership. Analysis of structures used
for legal, fiscal and political decisions and conflict man agement. Role
of the educational leader in relation to intergovernmental activities aimed
at educational reform.
204. Quantitative Methods Applied to Administrative Practice (3)
Prerequisite: ERF 220 or equivalent. A tutor will be available for specific
student need. Seminar. Examines advanced research methodologies and data
analysis techniques applicable to education and social science settings.
Topics include experimental and quasi-experimental design, advanced statistical
techniques, sampling distributions, nonparametric statistics, inference
and hypothesis testing. Specific applications to the work of the education
leader.
205. Families, Communities and Schools in Sociocultural Context (3)
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Explores the role of parental
relationships with the schools focusing on representation of culturally
diverse communities, involvement of parents in their children's education,
socialization, and learning processes as related to the transition of children
from home to school.
206. Conceptual Curriculum Perspectives for Educational Leadership (3)
Prerequisites: admission to the program and EdL 201, 202. Seminar. Students
will develop the philosophical and analytical skills to examine curriculum
theory and practice, including the conceptualization of purposes of the
organization of subject matters, and of the instructional methods.
207. Ethnographical Research Methods (3)
Corequisites: admission to the program and EdL 204. Seminar. Examines the
purpose and nature of ethnographic research including current application
in educational settings. Emphasis is directed toward critical analysis of
current ethnographic studies and will include field-based application.
208. Theories of Cross-Cultural Education (3)
Corequisites: admission to the program and EdL 205. Designed to explain
and discuss the most relevant theoretical approaches dealing with cross-cultural,
multicultural education. As diverse and conflicting perspectives are examined,
students will experience the complexity of views and perceptions dealing
as leaders with multicultural populations coexisting in a pluralistic society.
210. Field-based Research Practicum in Organizational Settings (1-6)
Prerequisites: admission to the program, EdL 201-208, and permission of
the co-directors. Engages students in studies relevant to field settings.
Includes collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data
related to improving educational practice and/or solving school problems.
Expected to relate to prospective dissertation topic and proposal possibilities.
290. Individual Study (3-18)
Prerequisites: admission to the program, EdL 201-208, and permission of
the co-directors. Research for individual doctoral graduate students. CR/NC
grading only.
299. Dissertation (1-12)
Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy for the Doctorate in Education and
a minimum GPA of 3.0. Submission of approved dissertation. See Criteria
for Dissertation. CR/NC grading only.