EPE 525-001/EPE 773-004 Seminar in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation: "Let's See: Approaching the History of Education through Photographs"
Taught by Dr. Richard Angelo on Thursdays from 1-3:30 PM
This course is open to beginning as well as advanced graduate students. Because it is a "seminar," the emphasis will be on original research. Alan Trachtenberg's Reading American Photographs: Images as History from Mathew Brady to Walker Evans (1989) is an early and outstanding example of what has become a burgeoning literature. Using appropriate secondary works as guide and inspiration, students will explore a topic of their choice that bears on history of education in Kentucky. The only requirement (aside from the final paper) is that the topic be rooted in one way or another in the photographic collections at our disposal here on campus or on line. (For a sample, see the "Brief Photo Essay on the History of Education in KY" on the EPE website: http://education.uky.edu/EPE/content/research-briefs)
EPE/EDP 558-001 Gathering, Analyzing and Using Educational Data II
Taught by Dr. Kelly Bradley on Tuesdays from 9:30 AM-Noon
The course covers applications of statistical and graphical methods for educational and evaluation data. Topics to be covered include descriptive statistics, correlation, normal distributions, hypothesis testing, regression, ANOVA, and power. General goals of this course include: developing an understanding of statistical concepts, improving reasoning and critical thinking skills, and to prepare students for more advanced quantitative courses. Students will gain valuable statistical computing skills utilizing MINITAB Statistical Software. EPE/EDP 558 was formerly taught as EPE 570.
EPE 669-401 Oral History
Taught by Dr. Douglas A. Boyd on Mondays from 7-9:30 PM
This course is an introduction to
oral history methodology and theory. It is designed for persons intending to use
oral and life history interviews in historical or other qualitative research.
The course examines how: oral history projects are initiated, projects are
administered, interviews are conducted, and oral history interviews are
preserved in archives and libraries. The course also explores the reliability of
memory and the utilization of oral histories in public presentations. Readings
in the course focus on the development of oral history as a research
methodology. Assignments and discussions will provide experience with
interviewing, recording and transcribing, editing and publishing oral histories.
As a reminder, if you are a student who has finished his or her coursework and anticipates sitting for your qualifying exam this semester, or a student who has already passed his or her qualifying exam, you need to register for EPE 767.
Registration windows are now open for new program students. Any student who was new to the program in Spring, Summer or Fall 2012 is required to take EPE 601, the Proseminar; if you were admitted to EPE prior to Spring 2012 and have not taken the Proseminar, or if you were admitted since and do not see that you have been registered for the course by the department, you should contact Amberly Warnke for assistance with registration (on this and all other registration matters).
