| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 400 | Anthropology and Education | 3 OR 4 hours. | This course uses an anthropological approach in the study of formal and informal educational processes to understand the relationship between education, culture and society as represented in ethnographic texts. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 410 | Literature, Social Studies, and the Arts in the Elementary School | 4 hours. | Theory and practice in curriculum development, planning instruction, and assessing learning in elementary classrooms. Literature, social studies, and the arts content foci. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 411 | Creating Learning Environments in the Elementary School | 3 hours. | Examination of beliefs about teaching culture and learning in urban America in relation to the creation of learning environments with emphasis on application of state standards in classrooms and the development of a electronic teaching portfolio. 30 hours of fieldwork required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and CI 412. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 412 | Dynamics of Learning Environments | 3 hours. | Exploration of multiculturalism and bilingualism/biculturalism in schools and families. Continued development of electronic portfolio for meeting Illinois professional teaching and technology standards. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and Enrollment in M.Ed. in Elementary Education Program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 413 | Foundations of Literacy Instruction, K-8 | 4 hours. | For prospective teachers, introduction to teaching literacy K-8; examining cognitive, social, developmental perspectives; relationships between language and literacy; connections to school subjects; aligning instruction, assessment, standards. Extensive computer use required. Word processing on writing; search engines for examining literacy curriculum, professional organizations, email networks. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 414 | Middle and High School Literacy | 3 hours. | Focuses on the teaching of reading and writing strategies appropriate for disciplinary learning and expression. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 428 | Curriculum and Teaching in Secondary Education | 3 hours. | Introduction to the study of curriculum and teaching. Specifically designed for graduate students wanting to become middle and high school teachers, students who are newly admitted to the secondary education program. Credit is not given for CI 428 if the student has credit for ED 430. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Open only to Master's degree students in the Secondary Education Program; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 450 | Literacy and Society | 4 hours. | Explores the significant role of literacy in cognition, law, economics, social and personal life and its implications for teaching and learning. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 464 | Bilingualism and Literacy in a Second Language | 4 hours. | Theoretical foundations of second language acquisition and the teaching of English as second language. Methods and materials for teaching reading and writing in bilingual/ESL settings. Prerequisite(s): CI 481 or ED 258; or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 472 | Language Proficiency Assessment and ESL Instruction | 4 hours. | English language proficiency assessment instruments and procedures; effective planning and ESL instructional practices; methods, materials, and technology resources for teaching ESL in K-12 school settings. Prerequisite(s): CI 481 or ED 258; or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 480 | Technology and Multimedia: Learning Tools in the Classroom | 3 OR 4 hours. | New technologies to support teaching and learning in pre-college classrooms. Same as SPED 480. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 481 | Foundations and Current Issues in Educating English Language Learners | 4 hours. | Philosophical, theoretical, socio-cultural and educational examination of learning and achievement issues that culturally and linguistically diverse students face in American schools. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 482 | Assessment and Instruction: A Multilingual/Multicultural Perspective | 4 hours. | Methods and materials for teaching English language learners (ELLs) in bilingual/ESL classrooms. Emphasis upon curricular and methodological practices, assessment for academic placement, and instruction. Prerequisite(s): CI 481 or ED 258; or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 483 | Methodology of Second Language Teaching | 3 OR 4 hours. | Approaches, methods, and techniques for teaching second languages with a focus on speaking, listening, writing, reading, and on assessment and curriculum/syllabus design. Same as LING 483 and LCSL 483. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 484 | Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School | 3 hours. | Philosophy, curriculum, and instructional methods for teaching middle grade students (grades five through eight). Content area reading is included. Prerequisite(s): EPSY 255 or both ED 200 and ED 210; or graduate standing and either ED 402 or ED 403, and ED 421; and approval of the of the College of Education. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 494 | Special Topics in Curriculum and Instruction | 1 TO 4 hours. | Exploration of an area not covered in existing course offerings. Content varies. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 500 | Proseminar in Curriculum and Instruction | 1 hours. | Research-oriented colloquia on issues in curriculum and instruction. Serves as introduction to faculty research interests. Provides opportunity to consider issues in research design. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or consent of instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 502 | Mathematics and Science in the Elementary School | 4 hours. | Integrating mathematics and science content with issues of teaching and learning, including adapting and developing curriculum, planning, classroom interactions, and assessment in elementary classrooms. Prerequisite(s): ED 402 or ED 403; and either ED 421 or ED 422 or ED 445; and ED 430; and CI 460; and a second reading methods course. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 503 | Advanced Foundations of Literacy Instruction, K-8 | 4 hours. | Introduction to teaching literacy K-8; examining cognitive, social, developmental perspectives; relationships between language and literacy; connections to other school subjects; aligning instruction, assessment, standards. Extensive computer use required [word processing on writing; search engines for examining literacy curriculum, professional organizations, email networks]. Prerequisite(s): CI 450; or consent of the instructor. Open to Master's degree students and Ph.D. degree students. Recommended background: Admission to M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership: Literacy, Language and Culture. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 504 | Secondary Literacy | 4 hours. | Focuses on the foundations of literacy and on the literacy processes of middle and secondary students and how these processes apply to reading and writing in the disciplines. Field work required. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 505 | Integrated Reading and Writing Instruction | 4 hours. | Examination of the reading-writing relationship. Specific instructional strategies for teaching reading and writing together in the elementary grades. Prerequisite(s): CI 413; or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 507 | Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Elementary School | 4 hours. | For prospective teachers, integrating mathematics content with teaching and learning issues, including adapting and developing curriculum, planning, classroom interactions, and assessment in K-9 classrooms. Recommended background: Admission to M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership Concentration in Elementary Education program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 508 | Teaching and Learning Science in the Elementary School | 4 hours. | For prospective teachers, development of multiple frameworks for facilitating the learning of science in students of various abilities, cultures, and backgrounds. Recommended background: Admission to M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership Concentration in Elementary Education program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 509 | Reading and Writing with Young Children | 4 hours. | The early writing and reading behaviors of children and how these develop during the primary grades. Observation, teaching, and assessing are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): ED 422; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 511 | Student Teaching in the Elementary Grades I | 6 hours. | Culminating course in graduate elementary teacher education. Meets Illinois State Board of Education requirements for certification. Prerequisite(s): Completion of all professional education courses and program requirements. Must enroll concurrently in CI 512. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 512 | Student Teaching in the Elementary Grades II | 6 hours. | The culminating course in the graduate elementary teacher education sequence. Meets Illinois State Board of Education requirements for certification. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and concurrent registration in CI 511 required. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 515 | Urban Youth Program Evaluation | 3 hours. | Analysis of the impact of social trends and problems on urban youth. Evaluation of urban youth programs with emphasis on affective and moral dimensions. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 516 | Research on Mathematics Teachers and Teaching | 4 hours. | Grounds students in research on mathematics teachers and teaching, while situating the literature within the broader sociopolitical context. Course information: Recommended Background Experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education or a related field such as learning sciences. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 517 | The Sociopolitical Context of Mathematics Education | 4 hours. | Examines the sociopolitical context of mathematics education and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education, to understand how math education interacts with local/global, sociopolitical forces and movements. Recommended Background: Experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education or a related field such as learning sciences. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 518 | Race, Identity, and Agency in Mathematics and Science Education | 4 hours. | Explores an emerging literature that is situated at the intersection of scholarship on race, identity, and critical mathematics and science education. Participants will analyze the theories and methods that inform these literatures. Recommended Background: Experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education or a related field such as learning sciences. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 519 | Research on the Learning of Mathematics | 4 hours. | Examines research on the learning of mathematics, including: whole number concepts and operations, rational numbers and proportional reasoning, algebra, functions, geometry, probability and statistics, problem solving, and proof. Recommended Background:Experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education or a related field such as learning sciences. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 520 | The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum: Theory, Politics and Reform | 4 hours. | A look at the K-12 curriculum from three perspectives: theoretical (epistemological, learning, teaching), political (whose interests are served) and practical (implementation issues in schools). Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 521 | Learning and Teaching Mathematics with Technology | 4 hours. | Can technology support conceptually-based learning of mathematics? Issues of learning, teaching, and equity related to technology in the K-12 mathematics classroom. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 522 | Social Context of Mathematics Education | 4 hours. | Examination of contextual, social, and linguistic factors which influence the learning of mathematics; emphasis on sociohistorical and activity theories; and equity in schooling. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the College of Education or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 525 | Assessment and Instruction for Struggling Readers, K-12, Part 1 | 4 hours. | Theoretical and practical issues concerning the etiology of reading problems and clinical diagnostic techniques. Children with reading problems are diagnosed and taught in the practicum component. Prerequisite(s): CI 450; and CI 503 or CI 504; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 526 | Assessment and Instruction for Struggling Readers, K-12, Part 2 | 4 hours. | Continued study of theoretical and practical issues concerning the etiology of literacy problems and clinical diagnostic and instructional techniques. Practicum inolves tutoring clients in the UIC Reading Clinic. Prerequisite(s): CI 525. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 527 | Reading Specialists as Literacy Leaders | 4 hours. | Theories and practices related to the role of the reading specialist, including management and evaluation of support systems, programs, personnel, and professional development in literacy. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and CI 503 and CI 504. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 528 | Assessing Literacy in Classrooms | 4 hours. | Introduction to and practicum in K-12 classroom literacy assessment and its relation to literacy instruction. Addresses purposes of and techniques for conducting/interpreting specific literacy assessments. Extensive computer use required [word processing on writing; search engines for examining literacy curriculum, professional organizations, email networks, use of power point, excel and SPSS]. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and CI 503 and CI 504 and consent of the instructor. Open only to Master's degree students. Recommended background: Admission to M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership: Literacy, Language and Culture. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 529 | Secondary Science Education in Urban Settings | 4 hours. | Introduction to the study of curriculum and teaching for those interested in urban education and who want to become secondary science teachers at the middle and high school levels. Course Information: Field work required. Recommended background: An undergraduate degree in a science field. Class Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 530 | The Learning and Teaching of Secondary Science in Urban Schools | 4 hours. | Prepares science teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed for teaching secondary science in urban contexts. Field experience required. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 532 | Staff Development and School Improvement | 4 hours. | Analysis of issues of school improvement and teacher professional development. Emphasis on processes of and alternative approaches to individual and organizational change. Prerequisite(s): CI 574 or ED 430 or ED 431 or ED 543; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 535 | Studies in Literacy Research and Teacher Inquiry | 4 hours. | Analysis of methodologies and topics of reading research; decision-making processes for effective literacy instruction based on research; skills and strategies in designing teacher inquiry. Extensive computer use required [word processing on writing; search engines for identifying research studies, including teacher researcher websites]. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 or CI 503 or CI 504; and consent of the instructor. Admission to the M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership: Language, Literacy and Culture program or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 536 | Colloquium on Literacy | 1 hours. | Various areas of reading, writing, and literacy including research on learning, instruction, and use. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in a graduate specialization in reading, and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 539 | Internship in Instructional Leadership | 4 hours. | Conceptualization, development, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of a curriculum and/or instructional improvement in an educational setting (supervised by university faculty and leadership from the setting). May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): CI 532. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 540 | Linguistics for Teachers | 4 hours. | Introduction to linguistic concepts as they apply to teaching in monolingual and bilingual classrooms. Relation of linguistic theory to theories of language and cognition. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 541 | Oral Language: Its Development and Role in the Classroom | 4 hours. | Analysis of oral language development and children's varying patterns of language use; analysis of talk in classroom settings and instructional decision-making processes to assess and optimize student learning. Extensive computer use required. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and either CI 503 or CI 504. Restricted to graduate students in education, psychology, or English. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 542 | Improving School/District Literacy Achievement | 4 hours. | Review of research on school/factors implicated in improvement of literacy achievement. Role of empirical evidence (best practices, scientifically based research, research synthesis, beat the odds studies) in school decision making and policy. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and CI 503 and CI 504. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 543 | Using Multimedia Environments to Support Literacy and Learning | 4 hours. | Introduction to ways changes in technologies of communication transform environments for teaching and learning. Analyzing technologies, linear and non-linear reading environments and designing instructional strategies to enhance multiple literacies. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): One social science course or one computing course focused on the human use of computing. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 544 | Foundations of Writing | 4 hours. | Introduction to K-8 writing research, theory and practice, including writing development, processes, text pedagogy, assessment. Combination of academic study of writing with guided inquiry. Computer use required [word processing on writing; search engines for examining literacy curriculum, professional organizations, email networks, use of power point and web-page composers]. Prerequisite(s): CI 450. Recommended background: Admission to the M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership: Literacy, Language and Culture. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 545 | Educational Evaluation | 4 hours. | Examination of theoretical and operational assumptions of alternative evaluation models; analysis and critique of evaluation case-studies. Prerequisite(s): Admission to Ph.D. in Education program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 546 | Children's and Adolescent Literature | 4 hours. | Overview of trade books written for children from preschool through adolescence. Emphasizes critically reading, selecting, evaluating books appropriate for developmental stages, curricular connections, and students in our multicultural society. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and CI 503 and CI 504; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 547 | Integrating Literacy Instruction | 4 hours. | Engaging in professional experiences (e.g., teacher inquiry, teacher book clubs) that support the design and adaptation of frameworks and units that emphasize meaningful instructional connections among reading, writing, and talk in the classroom. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): CI 450 and either CI 503 or CI 504. Restricted to graduate students in education, psychology, or English. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 548 | Leadership for Literacy Instruction | 4 hours. | School and system leadership practices for promoting effective literacy instruction in urban elementary and secondary schools. Assessment and improvement of literacy curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation. Same as EDPS 548. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor; admission to a degree program in the College of Education. Students admitted to the Ed.D. in Urban Education Leadership, prerequisites also include EDPS 550 and EDPS 552. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 549 | Critical Pedagogy: Practice and Theory | 4 hours. | Examine theory and practice of social justice teaching in schools, including: history liberatory pedagogies, culturally relevant and critical pedagogies, funds of knowledge, critical multiculturalism and anti-racist pedagogy, critical race theory. Same as EDPS 549. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 550 | Conflicts in Curriculum | 4 hours. | Analysis of theoretical models for curriculum development, special attention to alternative, and often conflicting viewpoints about the particulars of the development process. Prerequisite(s): Admission to a graduate program in education. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 551 | Practitioner Research in Science Contexts | 4 hours. | Introduction to practitioner research as a valid form of research, a change agent process, and lifelong professional development. Students examine practitioner research literature and methodologies and conduct their own study in science education. Recommended background: An interest in science education and science-related field context in which to do practitioner research. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 552 | Curriculum and Cultural Context | 4 hours. | Influence of cultural, political, sociological, and economic factors on curriculum, at the instructional, institutional, societal, and ideological levels. Prerequisite(s): CI 574 or consent of instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 553 | History of Curriculum Thought | 4 hours. | Analysis of selected documents on curriculum theory and policy from antiquity to present; secondary treatments and primary sources; interaction of theory and practice. Prerequisite(s): CI 574 or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 556 | Proseminar in Literacy, Language and Culture | 4 hours. | Socialization of students into field through intensive introduction to literacy, its relationship to language and culture, using the collective knowledge and research experience of faculty. Emphases on developing student inquiry in urban contexts. Restricted to first year doctoral students with a specialization in Literacy, Language, and Culture. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 557 | Proseminar in Literacy, Language, and Culture | 4 hours. | Socialization of students into field through intensive introduction to literacy, its relationship to language and culture, using the collective knowledge and research experience of faculty. Emphases on developing student inquiry in urban contexts. Restricted to first year doctoral students with a specialization in Literacy, Language, and Culture. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 558 | The Historical and Philosophical Bases of Literacy and Literacy Instruction | 4 hours. | Critical examination of historical and philosophical bases of current literacy and literacy instruction from social, cultural, and psychological perspectives. Emphases on historical patterns of reading and writing instruction in the U.S. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 559 | The Social and Cultural Contexts of Literacy and Literacy Instruction | 4 hours. | Critical examination of theoretical and methodological orientations that inform the study of socio-cultural influences on the definition and practices of literacy in classrooms, at school level, and in out of school contexts. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 561 | Genre Theory and Practice | 4 hours. | Analysis of perspectives and methodologies employed in genre theory and practice; exploration and evaluation of discourse-analysis approaches used in genre research; critical examination of socio-cultural bases of genre. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 562 | Design and Conduct of Literacy Research | 4 hours. | Design principles for the study of literacy development and education. Emphasis is on examining lines of literacy research from multiple design perspectives; relationship between research design and theory and epistemology. Field work required. Computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 563 | Analysis of Research in Literacy | 4 hours. | Critical analyses of literacy-related research methods, their implications for interpreting research, the forms in which research is published; manuscript review process, and ethical considerations that inform all of the above. Prerequisite(s): CI 581 or CI 586; and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 564 | Design and Conduct of Literacy Research | 4 hours. | Introduction to design principles informing the study of literacy development and education. Emphasis on conducting literacy research from multiple design perspectives; and the relationship between epistemology, theory, and research design. Prerequisite(s): ED 502 and ED 503 and CI 563. Priority in enrollment will be given to students admitted into Literacy, Language, and Culture doctoral program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 568 | Research in Children's and Adolescent Literature | 4 hours. | Topical seminar that examines research on a specific area of children's or adolescent literature such as multicultural literature, picture books, nonfiction texts, or the development of literacy understanding in children/adolescents. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and an undergraduate or master's level survey course on children's/adolescent literature. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 570 | Critical Issues in Science Education | 4 hours. | Explores the nature of scientific activity and educational issues, such as constructivism, discourse, gender and multicultural issues, assessment, the role of technology, and teacher research. Prerequisite(s): Admission to a graduate program in the College of Education or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 571 | Integrating Mathematics, Science, and ESL | 4 hours. | Curriculum and instructional issues and practice related to the integration of mathematics, science, and English as a Second Language development. Prerequisite(s): CI 481 or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 572 | Assessment in Science and Math Education | 4 hours. | Explores different purposes of assessment, generates principles to guide assessment, studies "new" assessment practices, and explores ways to implement them in science and mathematics classes. Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate study in education or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 573 | Multimodality, Multiliteracies, and Science Education | 4 hours. | Examines how different forms of communication influence learning and teaching of science in formal and informal settings. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 574 | Foundations of Curriculum Studies | 4 hours. | Curriculum as area of inquiry; historical, philosophical, cultural, and related foundations; variations on curriculum theory and practice; alternative paradigms of curriculum inquiry. Prerequisite(s): ED 430 or admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or the Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 575 | Seminar in Research Issues with English Language Learners | 4 hours. | Selected topics on research in the education of language minority students for advanced M.Ed. and Ph.D. students. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): CI 481. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 576 | Possibilities for Teaching and Schooling | 4 hours. | Philosophical and conceptual analysis of teaching and schooling and the impact of those conceptions on the conduct of educational practice. Prerequisite(s): CI 574 or consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 577 | Literacy In and Out of School | 4 hours. | Analysis of literacy practices in formal and informal contexts. Focus on community and family contributions to literacy learning; emphasis on consequences of cultural congruity and discontinuity between in and out of school literacy practices. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 578 | Advanced Studies in Qualitative Research Methods | 4 hours. | The dynamics of data collection and analysis, the use of theory and interdisciplinary frameworks, and writing up and presenting original research. Prerequisite(s): ED 502. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 579 | Bi-Literacy: Theory, Research, and Practice | 4 hours. | Theoretical foundations, research paradigms, and issues focusing on bilingual and bi-literacy practices in and between home, school and community contexts. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 581 | Perspectives on Reading: Theory, Research and Practice | 4 hours. | Introduction of doctoral students to perspectives underlying theory, research, and practices related to understanding reading and reading instruction. Study of how research and practice is framed, shaped, and constrained by theoretical perspectives. Prerequisite(s): Priority will be given to students admitted into the Literacy, Language, and Culture doctoral program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 582 | Research Perspectives on Literacy in the Disciplines | 4 hours. | Literacy is an integral part of expertise in the major fields of study. This course reviews the research in literacy and its related constructs in the disciplines of mathematics, science, history, and English. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 583 | Early Literacy: Theory Research and Practice | 4 hours. | Analysis of theories and research focusing on the initial phases of young children's acquisition of reading and writing, with emphasis on issues related to instruction. Prerequisite(s): CI 503 and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 584 | Semiotics, Literacy, and Learning | 4 hours. | Theory and research focusing on language and literacy as they relate to other embodied forms of meaning-making; how these varied meanings are socially and culturally mediated; the ways in which they enable and constrain processes of learning. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 585 | Seminar in Literacy Studies | 4 hours. | Selected topics in literacy theory, research and practice for advanced Ph.D. students. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): CI 563 or the equivalent or consent of instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 586 | Perspectives on Writing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Practice | 4 hours. | An examination of research and theoretical perspectives on writing and multimodal text construction including critical reflection on perspectives that have contributed to changes in the ways we view texts, writing, writers, and instruction. Prerequisite(s): CI 544; and consent of the instructor. Priority in enrollment will be given to students admitted into Literacy, Language, and Culture doctoral program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 587 | Literacy Assessment: Theory, Research, and Practice | 4 hours. | Theory and practice in literacy assessment. Measurement issues unique to literacy assessment, including word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and writing. Critical consideration of how assessment both enables and constrains instruction. Prerequisite(s): CI 503 and consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 588 | Design Research in the Study of Literacy | 4 hours. | Emphasis on understanding the conceptual frameworks that inform design research, integrating literacy theory into the design of teaching and learning environments; the use of design research in the study of literacy in various instructional settings. Individual and group participation (including participation on course listserv). Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 589 | Literacy and Learning Technologies: Theory, Research and Practice | 4 hours. | Critical analyses of how technologically based, multimedia transform instruction with a focus on the design of strategies to enhance written, visual and oral literacies using linear and non linear software and on-line environments. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 590 | Alternative Paradigms of Qualitative Research in Education | 4 hours. | Methodology, cases, and rationale for action research, educational criticism, critical ethnography, historiography, and phenomenological hermeneutics as alternatives in qualitative research in education. Prerequisite(s): CI 578 or consent of instructor; and admission to Ph.D. in Education program or Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 592 | Apprenticeship in Teacher Education | 1 TO 4 hours. | Faculty guidance and supervision of doctoral students' teaching experience related to curriculum and instruction. Variable credit (1-4 hrs) given based upon scope of students' teaching responsibilities, and proposed reflection on them. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and program coordinator. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 593 | Ph.D. Research Project | 1 TO 8 hours. | Students design, implement, and analyze results of a research problem in this area of specialization. Completed study is reviewed by faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 594 | Special Topics in Curriculum and Instruction | 2 TO 4 hours. | Seminar on a preannounced topic focusing on methodology, research and educational implications of recent models of learning, problem solving and thinking. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 596 | Independent Study | 1 TO 4 hours. | Students design, implement and analyze the results of a research problem in this area of specialization. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of study adviser. |
| Curriculum and Instruction | CI | 599 | Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Research on the topic of the student's dissertation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the dissertation advisor. |