LBST 490 - Capstone Course

This course is the culminating learning experience in the Liberal Studies major. The Senior Capstone requires students to demonstrate and synthesize their learning across the disciplines through a well-defined research paper. In this course, emerging teachers/scholars will understand and utilize some of the research approaches and methodologies commonly used in critical educational research.

Students will be reminded of :
The Research Process

1. Identify a problem of practice and a rationale for its investigation
2. Review the literature concerning this problem
3. Identify data needed to help address the problem
4. Collect data/consult community partner
5. Interpret the results, draw implications and give recommendations for future action

And introduced to:
General Types of Educational Research

• Descriptive types: survey, historical, content (document) analysis, qualitative/ethnography
• Emancipatory types: action and participatory action research