STATE-WIDE COOPERATIVE EDD UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA.
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SCHOLARLY PRACTITIONER• Social justice principles throughout curriculum
and designated course on power, privilege, and difference
• Inquiry sequence throughout 2 years of coursework focused on problem definition
• Program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods, policy analysis courses
• Course assignments involve working with stakeholders (e.g., community non-profits, colleges and universities, schools and school districts)
SIGNATURE PEDAGOGY• Pedagogy focused on adult learning
principles• Frames and lenses integrated throughout
each course to look at problems from variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., organizational theory, leadership, policy, content and context of learning)
• Problem-posing and praxis-focused (theory to practice) curriculum
INQUIRY AS PRACTICE• Inquiry and method courses
designed to help practitioners be knowledgeable consumers of research
• Methods are applied
LABORATORIES OF PRACTICE• Admission policy: All students
must be practicing leaders AND supervisors must provide letter of support acknowledging commitment to student throughout program
• Reflection is central aspect of coursework
DISSERTATION IN PRACTICE• On-going effort to rethink traditional
dissertation
• Developed authentic inquiry projects as alternative to traditional dissertation
• Program evaluation• Policy analysis• Action research (one cycle)
• Technical report with implications for practice as end product with appendices (e.g., method, literature review, implications for research)