2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
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2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDLE 722 - Qualitative Research, Theory, and Application


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

A study of qualitative research from different theoretical and methodological approaches. This course is designed to assist the educational leader in becoming a more effective facilitator of learning through knowing how to conduct research without formal hypotheses, allowing the hypotheses to evolve over time as events unfold. The researcher begins without preconceived ideas about what will be observed and describes behavior that seems important. Language principles, designs, and methodologies of producing qualitative research from experimental and non-experimental approaches will be presented. Students will demonstrate skills needed from practical and applied research in various educational settings.
Prerequisite: EDLE 707  and EDLE 708