Reflective Practitioner

Reflect on the passions and needs within your practice to design paths of inquiry, plan ways to advocate for change, and develop actionable research questions.

3 Credits|8 Weeks|$1275

Action research in education stems from an identified need. As reflective practitioners, participants will reflect on passions and needs within their own practice, design questions of inquiry, and plan ways to advocate for change in their practice. Participants explore philosophical perspectives of research methods of action research for K-12 art education. Participants will discriminate differences in methodological theories and approaches and ethical parameters, then apply their knowledge by designing action research case studies. Finally, participants will evaluate areas within curriculum and instruction through the lens of action research to develop robust research questions that reflect current art education issues and teaching goals.

See the course syllabus and Graduate Catalog for more details.

Required Materials

Mertler, Craig A. (2020) Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators, (6th ed). Sage Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5443-2439-5

Additional Materials

  • Computer with basic audio and video input and output equipment
  • Internet access (broadband recommended)
  • Basic computing skills (see AOEU’s Technology Requirements)
  • Access to AOEU’s online learning platform, Brightspace, to view course content, submit assignments, and engage in discussion (provided)
  • A Google Drive account (provided)
  • Word-processing platform (Microsoft Office, Pages, Google Docs)

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