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The STEM Education Enhancement Learning Community is a collegial community of practice committed to creating, establishing and assessing innovative education research and theory and incorporating it into effective practice. STEM Education Enhancement’s cooperative approach to doctoral research and programs fosters learning and investigation into ten general areas of inquiry:
We invite you to become part of the STEM Education Enhancement Learning Community of practice by contacting one of the doctoral mentors and joining the scholars pursuing one or more of the ten issues concerning STEM education, or helping to form a group of your own colleagues mutually interested in any of these issues as you pursue the doctorate in education. Working together we can make a significant impact on science and math literacy among students of all ages, as well as the general citizenry.
Students seeking the Ed.D. degree are expected to meet the Graduate School’s relevant practitioner doctoral degree requirements and procedures.
| 1. Learning Community of Practice Seminars | 15-20 | |
EDUC 7600 | Learning Community of Practice I | |
EDUC 7610 | Learning Community of Practice II | |
EDUC 7620 | Learning Community of Practice III | |
EDUC 7630 | Learning Community of Practice IV | |
EDUC 7640 | Learning Community of Practice V | |
EDUC 7650 | Learning Community of Practice VI | |
| 2. Laboratory of Practice | ||
EDUC 7889 | Laboratory of Practice | |
| 3. Common Courses | 8 | |
EDUC 7605 | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Educational Practice | |
EDUC 7615 | Evaluation of Educational Programs | |
EDUC 7625 | Building Socially Just Educational Communities | |
EDUC 7635 | Ethical and Legal Issues in Educational Practice | |
| 4. Inquiry Approach Electives, minimum 4 hours selected from the following: | 4 | |
EDUC 7205 | Action Research for Educational Practitioners | |
EDUC 7210 | Survey Design for Educational Practitioners | |
EDUC 7215 | Data Analysis for Educational Practitioner | |
EDUC 7220 | Designing Research for Educational Practitioners | |
EDUC 7225 | Ethnography for Educational Practitioners | |
EDUC 7230 | Interviewing for Educational Practitioners | |
EDUC 7295 | Inquiry Seminar for Educational Practitioners | |
| 5. Tool Course Electives, minimum 4 hours selected from the following: | 4 | |
| EDUC 7305 | Representing Data for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| EDUC 7310 | Integrating Technology in Learning for Educational | 1 |
| EDUC 7315 | Project Management for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| EDUC 7320 | Financial and Budgeting Skills for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| EDUC 7325 | Grant Writing for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| EDUC 7330 | Human Relations Skills for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| EDUC 7395 | Tool Seminar for Educational Practitioners | 1 |
| 6. Specialization | 30-60 | |
| Courses in an area of specialization (can include Master’s or Education Specialist work) | ||
| 7. Dissertation in Practice | 8 | |
Total: minimum 80 hours, post-bacclaureate
