I. Course Information
Semester & Year:
Location & Time:
Dates:
Course Website URL:
Delivery Method:
II. Instructor Information
Associate Instructor Name:
Office Address:
Office Phone: FAX:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
How to Set Up Appointment:
Instructor's Website URL:
Photograph:
III. Course Description
Official Course Description
Education [...] is an introduction for beginning graduate students to the purpose and means of the various practices of educational research. This course will acquaint you with the language of social science research, with different understandings of the purpose and use of research, with various ways of framing research questions and designing studies, and with generally accepted procedures for generating, analyzing and interpreting data.
My Vision of the Course
I think that....
Course Objectives
After taking this course, students (usually K-12 teachers or librarians, from preservice to master teacher level) will have accomplished the following objectives:
Objective 1
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Objective 2
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Objective 3
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Objective 4
IV. Course Materials & Resources
The required course readings are:
Book #1
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Book #2
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Course Reading Packet
Web Resources
We will be using NETCLASS to extend class discussion, provide access to the online gradebook, and to submit assignments. You will need to use your
METU network ID to login to NETCLASS. If you do not have an
METU Network ID, go to Computer Center to get one.
V. Curricular & Other Student Requirements
The prerequisite courses (courses you should have taken before this one) are:
Course 1
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Course 2
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Course 3
You should be familiar with the following concepts before you take this course:
Concept 1
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Concept 2
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Concept 3
You'll need the following technology to participate in this course:
Regular access to a computer with Windows XP, 2000, ME or 98, or Mac OS 9 or X.
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An Internet browser, with the most current version: Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Safari (Mac)
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An email program, or an account on a web-based email system. IU email can be accessed through the web via the Webmail system.
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An METU
Network ID
VI. Teaching & Learning Environment
a. Teacher and Student Roles in this Course.
b. My Philosophy of Teaching.
c. Types of Learning Activities in this Course.
VII. Course Policies
a. Attendance
It is assumed that students will attend each class session, although attendance will not be formally taken in class. It is also assumed that over the course of the semester, all students will have conflicts that may prevent their class attendance (flat tires, illnesses, jury duty, jail, etc. happen!). Rather than place myself in the role of the judge, I have structured the course so that every student has the same leeway in class attendance via the dropped daily assignment grade(s). Students who miss an exam with a reasonable, officially documented excuse will take an incomplete in the course. Students with sick or frail relatives should read "The Dead Grandmother/Exam Syndrome and the Potential Downfall Of American Society".
b. Communication In & Outside of Class
I will regularly use Oncourse to make announcements, distribute assignments, give feedback on assignments, and to communicate other important information to the class. Oncourse email will be the preferred email in this course. It is your responsibility to check your Oncourse email daily.
E-mail is appropriate, when used to schedule an appointment, notify me of an absence or tardiness, or for short questions clarifying class assignments or specific items from the lecture.
Please do not email me the following:
Messages that use inappropriate language
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Any kind of internet jokes, chain letters, junk email, etc.
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Requests for my lecture notes when you miss class. It is your responsibility to attend class and take notes on the lecture there, or obtain them from a student colleague.
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Any requests if you “missed anything” or “anything happened” on a day you missed class! (Believe it or not, I get one of these every semester!)
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Anything else you would not be willing to communicate to me in person
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Messages with attached files. Because of the many destructive viruses that come as files attached to email messages, I will immediately delete any message with an attached file. Instead, if you submit work via email, cut and paste the text into the email message.
Email, however, is not a substitute for meeting with me. Office visits are the best place to ask questions about the material, to discuss issues relating to the class, and to discuss any other special concerns pertaining to your class performance.
c. Late Assignments.
c. Make-ups.
d. Exams and Quizzes
e. Extra Credit
f. Extensions
g. Civility (Acceptable classroom behavior).
There are certain basic standards of classroom civility that should be adhered to, particularly in a communication course. Civility does not eliminate appropriate humor, enjoyment, or other features of a comfortable and pleasant classroom community. Classroom civility does, however, include the following:
Displaying respect for all members of the classroom community, both your instructor and fellow students.
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Attentiveness to and participation in lectures, group activities, workshops, and other classroom exercises.
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Avoidance of unnecessary disruptions during class such as private conversations, reading campus newspapers, ringing cell phones, and doing work for other classes.
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Avoidance of racist, sexist, homophobic, or other negative language that may unnecessarily exclude members of our campus and classroom community.
These features of classroom civility do not comprise an exhaustive list. Rather, they represent the minimal sort of behaviors that help to make the classroom a pleasant place for all concerned. Those students who do not behave in a civil fashion will be asked to leave class.
h. Grading Policy
There will be four major components that determine your grade in this course.
Daily Assignments: This is a course that will emphasize class discussion. Students are expected to attend class and to be prepared to discuss the associated readings (in other words, you must have done the assigned readings for the day). There will be a variety of small group discussions and whole class discussions, which will generally result in written work that will be handed in at the end of most classes or may be done online. Lectures, discussions, and in-class activities have been designed to accompany, not replace, reading the text. Some daily assignments will be larger in scope than others, and may even carry over to more than one class session. These assignments will carry more weight than the others and students will be notified of this.
NOTE: Daily assignments are not “attendance” grades, even though they may not be “made-up”at a later date. At least one (and more likely two) daily assignment grade(s) will be dropped before the final grading, which fairly allows all students the same consideration for missing class.
First Exam, Second Exam and Final Exam: Exams will be essay format that require more than memorization of facts, but also will necessitate a thoughtful synthesis of the class material. One week prior to each exam, I will pass out a set of four essay questions. The exam will consist of two of those questions. In the week preceding the exam, students may prepare on an 8 ½ X 11 sheet of paper an outline to list important facts and help organize their essays. They may bring that sheet to the exam.
| Daily Assignments |
25% |
| First Exam |
25% |
| Second Exam |
25% |
| Final Exam |
25% |
i. Incomplete Policy
This course is designed to be highly interactive and to include regular dialogue between student and instructor and between students. Because of this, I need students to participate regularly, and to keep up with the course readings and assignments. If a student does not complete a course within a given semester, it is the student's responsibility to makearrangements with his/her instructor regarding how and on what timeline they will finish up the course. Students should not assume that they will automatically be granted an Incomplete grade at the end of the semester.
If a student has not completed the course requirements for the course by the end of the semester, the instructor will give the following grade that is most appropriate:
FN (failed for non-attendance) should be used to indicate that the failing grade was earned because the student failed to participate in the course or stopped participating, rather than for poor performance. Participation in an online course consists of communication with the instructor and other students, turning in assigned work on time, etc.. A student that has ceased communication with his/her instructor may receive this grade.
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I (Incomplete) may be used to indicate that the work done is satisfactory as of the end of the semester, but has not been completed; This usually means that the majority of assignments have been done and only a fraction remain. The student also needs to make specific arrangements with his/her instructor regarding how and when the rest of the required work will be submitted. The maximum time allowed for the removal of an Incomplete grade is one calendar year, but most incompletes should extend for only a few weeks or months. After 12 months, the university automatically converts an Incomplete to a grade of FF.
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If a student has completed some, but not all, of the required coursework, and has not made arrangements with the instructor to complete the rest of the requirements, the instructor may give a grade that reflects the graded coursework up to that point.
ii. Expectations for group work & sharing work
VIII . University Policies
a. Plagiarism
b. Holidays
IX . Other Course Requirements
As part of the course requirements, students are expected to participate in:
To complete the course requirements, students are will need to purchase:
X. Schedule
See Schedule page.
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