This course is designed as an introductory class in legal basics for the prospective or recently assigned teacher in the public school system. The class will provide guidance in the everyday decision making that will help make the teacher actions more defensible in this modern era of litigation in the school scene. This course introduces students to quantitative and qualitative methods common in educational research.
Students examine and evaluate research methods and design research programs.
This is a foundation course in conducting research that involves the collection, analysis and presentation of quantitative data. Classification of data, descriptive statistics, measurement of association, regression analysis and several parametric and nonparametric inferential statistics are included. Computer software will be relied upon to analyze and display data. Interpretation and critique of quantitative research is included. Spring Focuses on the responsibilities of administrators in improving the total educational program through effective administration of all personnel within an educational organization.