The University of Michigan is offering free online course on Improvement Science in Education. This course is part of the Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement Micro Masters Program offered by MichiganX.
In this six-week course, applicants will learn how to apply principles and practices of improvement science to improve educational practice, raise student performance, and reduce achievement gaps. This course will start on June 27, 2017.
Course At A Glance
Length: 8 weeks
Effort: 2-4 hours pw
Subject: Education and Teacher Training
Institution: University of Michigan and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $199
Session: Course Starts on June 27, 2017
Providers’ Details
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
About This Course
With roots in industry and in health care, improvement science is a disciplined approach to educational innovation that supports teachers, leaders, and researchers in collaborating to solve specific problems of practice. Improvement science brings discipline and methods to different logics of innovation by integrating:
- Problem analysis
- Use of research
- Development of solutions
- Measurement of processes and outcomes
- Rapid refinement through plan-do-study-act cycles.
Why Take This Course?
This course will support schools and systems in responding to calls to improve opportunities to learn and student performance and calls to reduce achievement gaps by improving the day-to-day work students, teachers, and leaders.
Learning Outcomes
- Principles and methods of improvement science in education and other social sectors
- Means of introducing improvement science in schools and systems
- Approaches to accelerating improvement through networked improvement communities
Instructors
Anthony S. Bryk
Anthony S. Bryk is the ninth president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where he is leading work on transforming educational research and development, more closely joining researchers and practitioners in networked improvement communities to improve teaching and learning.
Donald J. Peurach
Donald J. Peurach is Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership, and Innovation in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research, teaching, and outreach focus on the production, use, and management of knowledge-in-practice among social innovators and those they seek to serve.
Requirements
Working knowledge of schools and education systems as well as the political, policy, and public pressures to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students.
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website link
- Create an edX account to SignUp
- Choose “Register Now” to get started.
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