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
- Identify a problem of practice and a rationale for its investigation
- Review the literature concerning this problem
- Identify data needed to help address the problem
- Collect data/consult community partner
- 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