WHEA Fundamentals of Educational Scholarshp
Fundamentals of Educational Scholarship
Learning Objectives: By participating in this course learners will be able to:
- Articulate an answerable question about their education activities
- Identify feasible methods to answer that question
- Develop a timeline and set of next steps to guide their project over the next 6 months
Format: Three one hour sessions spread over 3 weeks with some homework between sessions
Session 1: Articulating an answerable question
- Background on educational scholarship
- Understanding how your question fits into existing knowledge
- Basic conceptual models in educational scholarship
- Assignment: develop a concise question for the next session
Session 2: Identifying a feasible design and methods to answer your question
- Review of participants “answerable questions” with feedback
- Basic study design
- Basic outcome measures
- Assignment: decide what data you will collect and with what tool for the next session
Session 3: Developing a project plan for the next 6 months
- Review progress to date
- Analysis of simple data
- Dissemination options – from departmental to international
- Development of specific plans and timelines
Follow up in six months for presentations to group with feedback.