Reimagining Research Courses for Scholar Practitioners

Reimagining Research Courses for Scholar Practitioners

Blog Article

This essay shares the ongoing efforts of faculty in one EdD program to embrace applied research methodologies and the shifts made in research coursework to double door security bars support our doctoral candidates as they explore problems of practice.Framed by third space theory, our redesign work is positioned as the lived experience through which we were able to reflect on and change the traditional space of our advanced qualitative and quantitative method courses.We share our journey from conceptualization to teaching what began, but did not conclude, as two distinct courses including the challenges, successes, and subsequent strategies used in our teaching and development.

We reflect on the tensions that arose from our preexisting modbiv beliefs about research and the needs articulated by our candidates as well as our navigation of those needs.