INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION: RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

CURRIC 714

An analysis of differing orientations to evaluation and research. Emphasis on assumptions, attitudes, and expectations of what constitutes scientific knowledge and explanation; relationship of research orientation, methods of inquiry, theory, and practice.

CURRIC 375

Explore new frontiers in curriculum and instruction.

CURRIC 716

Social, political and epistemological assumptions underlying current efforts towards curriculum and instructional reform in elementary and secondary schools.

CURRIC 715

Introductory survey of empirical foundations of research. Development of methods and tools of research.

CURRIC 811

Analysis of current research and examination of current programs to identify how they reflect different theories of learning and instruction.