Course Description
Introduces doctoral students to what it means to be a scholar/researcher in academic contexts, to demystify the process involved in acquiring a doctoral degree, and to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of research in the field of language and literacy education.
Athena Title
DOC SEMINAR LLED
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ELAN 8000
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will: 1. meet with current LLED faculty and learn about their research and teaching. 2. participate in a collaborative reading of scholarly texts chosen for their relevance to the needs of doctoral students at the beginning of their programs of study. 3. initiate a program of independent scholarly reading aimed at formulating a theoretical stance toward conducting research in language and literacy education. 4. examine exemplary research articles representing various ways of posing research questions and designing research studies. 5. situate themselves with respect to questions concerning the relationship between “theory” and “practice” in language and literacy education.
Topical Outline
1. LLED faculty introductions 2. LLED doctoral program of study and other topics related to the process of completing a doctoral degree 3. Collaborative reading of selected scholarly texts 4. Annotated bibliographies and presentations based on independent reading projects 5. Presentations and discussion of selected exemplary research articles
Syllabus
Public CV