TEDM 6500 - Capstone: Action Research Projects within Professional Communities

Credits: 3

Pre/Corequisite(s): TEDM 5000, TEDM 5100, TEDM 6400

Description: In this capstone course, students will have opportunities to apply and synthesize the knowledge, skills, and theoretical constructs learned throughout their master’s degree program. Students will develop a sustainable, action research project designed to make a positive impact in their professional community. The course requires students to identify topics, issues, and/or problems relevant to their professional context, formulate inquiry questions to guide project development, analyze and synthesize relevant research, select appropriate research methods to support program evaluation, make adjustments based on peer feedback, and design a project. Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback from colleagues, demonstrate developed expertise, and share plans for implementation and evaluation. The capstone project provides opportunities for students to demonstrate originality and expertise, the ability to plan and organize a project over a period of time, and to put into practice what they have learned in the Masters of Curriculum and Instruction degree program.