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Tentative Course Descriptions
EDU 710.B Introduction to Research for Educators
Learn the nature of educational research, types, terminology. Read instructor-selected research articles and write literature reviews. Students will be collecting research related to their planned thesis/project. Write a detailed, formal proposal of your masters thesis/project and present it to the class. Class reviews and critiques proposals.
Required Textbook: to be announced. Two texts in consideration: (1) Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (3rd Edition) by John W. Creswell (Hardcover - Jul 26, 2007); (2) Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by R. Burke Johnson and Larry B. Christensen (Hardcover - Dec 21, 2007)
EDU 716.B Reading and Writing Educational Research: Special Topics
Collect 10 – 15 articles on your area of interest – write a meta-analysis. Write a detailed proposal for a hypothetical research project you could conduct. Present it to the class. Class reviews and critiques research proposals. You do not have to actually do the research.
Required Textbook: Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Paperback) by Jose L. Galvan (Author)

EDU 795.B Seminar for MA Project/Thesis Work on thesis/project

The Three Electives - The overall focus of the electives is to develop project-based, technology-infused lesson plans and classroom activities that fully integrate ISTE teacher and student technology standards, California Standard 16 technology standards, and California content standards. We want Touro candidates to progress as follows: scholar > practitioner > leader
No textbooks required for elective courses
EDU 741.B – Survey of Educational Technology
Learn all the pedagogical justifications for technology in the classroom. Learn how it ties to learning theories such as Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences and Constructivism. Learn the social, inter-personal, and intra-personal implications of new technology. Learn why and how to best implement technology into our classrooms. Explore how technology supports education beyond the mainstream. Explore how technology works specifically for teachers and schools – classroom management, grading, assessment, database sharing, and so on
EDU 742.B – Computer Applications in Education

Explore the plethora of software and services available to educators and students to improve learning. Develop classroom lessons and activities that can be taken back to your classrooms, implemented, and shared with peers.
EDU 745.B – Creating a Web Presence and Interaction Network with Students, Parents, Peers
Focus specifically on how to communicate and collaborate with students via the Internet. A short list of activities: create our own classroom web pages, develop methods for collecting online submissions of student work, communicating with students, parents, peers through online resources – blogs, wikis, podcasts, chats, email, discussions, teleconferencing, using online cyber-community tools (Second Life), online testing and assessment tools, and so on