EDL 805 - Qualitative Research I & II.

Admission to Ed. D. program, EDL 800, EDL 801. (6).

Knowledge and skills for designing qualitative research at the doctoral level, including understanding data analysis, the nature of qualitative inquiry, fieldwork methodologies and the nature of observation, theoretical approaches to qualitative research, the importance of quality assurance, and ethical, legal, and social change implications of conducting qualitative research and producing knowledge. In Part I, students apply and synthesize core knowledge and skills by developing a qualitative research plan. In Part II, students develop more specialized knowledge and skills within each of the common qualitative traditions, including more complex qualitative research designs and analyses, multiple approaches to coding and organizing data, and core components of a qualitative write-up, and they apply them as they more fully develop a qualitative research plan.