Topics in Collaborative Education

Course Description

Selected topics, review and critique of current literature, research problems, and methodology. This course is designed to provide students with the tools needed to effectively and efficiently consume and disseminate research related to the field of special education. During this course, students will learn about prevalent methodologies of special education research. Students will critique studies that use common research designs in order to determine the quality of studies that you read in order to inform your dissemination of evidence-based practices. Students will prepare summaries of findings across articles consistently throughout the course in order to improve their ability to summarize findings about a topic from multiple articles read. Students will also complete the first steps of their own literature review to help them to understand the processes for literature reviews they will read in the future, as well as to provide them with an opportunity to conduct their own research. As systematic reviews are a great starting point for understanding research on a given topic, this course emphasizes this important process. Each of the activities students will complete will be geared towards improving their ability to navigate the research in special education and, in turn, lead their community using the research.

Code

SPE 631

Credits

3

Subject

SPE

Programs That Include This Course

• Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education