2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 17, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDAM 699 - Pre-Doctoral Admin Studies


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

A part of the Pre-Doctoral Institute offered each summer for graduate students who have been admitted to the doctoral program in educational leadership and for those interested in doctoral level studies, EDAM 699 introduces students to doctoral-level graduate study through a variety of experiences focusing on contemporary organizational theory, organizational change and inquiry methods. The topic around which the experiences will revolve is the development of schools as learning organizations. Students will study contemporary organizational concepts such as Senge’s learning organization and their application to public schools. They will study and discuss strategies for organizational change in schools with invited guest speakers from the field. Finally, students will be introduced to methods of inquiry including an overview to research methods, the library and its paper and electronic information sources and the Internet.