Mark Edward Butt

University of Delaware

College of Education & Human Development

 

EDUC 240 - Legal and Ethical Issues in American Education, Law & Ethics in Education

Explores ethical and legal controversies in school discipline, intellectual freedom, students’ rights, moral and citizenship education, and other professional concerns.

 

EDUC 258 - Cultural Diversity, Schooling and the Teacher

Examines roles and responsibilities of the classroom teacher vis-a-vis the demographic changes occurring in United States society and the public school student population. Topics include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, poverty and language.

 

EDUC 451 - Educational Assessment for Classroom Teachers

Explores principles and methods for construction and evaluation of student learning assessments, including knowledge, understanding and skills. Presents methods to enhance teacher inquiry into student learning. Considers strengths and limitations of each method in regard to informing teachers’ judgement. Discusses implications of assessment policy.

 

EDUC 390 - Classroom Management for Social and Emotional Learning

Focuses on creation of positive classroom learning environments by fostering children’s social and emotional development, infusing behavior supports in academic instruction, enhancing motivation for learning, and establishing well-organized and respectful classrooms. Emphasis placed on learning core concepts and practical research-based strategies. Field experience included.

 

EDUC 431 - Applied Behavior Analysis

Prepares special education teachers to understand and apply the principles of behavior analysis in classroom settings. Focuses on conducting functional behavior assessments and designing behavior support plans for exceptional learners. Field placement required.

 

EDUC 432 - Curriculum and Instruction for Exceptional Learners

Prepares special education teachers to understand and analyze the instructional needs of exceptional learners. Focuses on designing and implementing evidence-based interventions to support students’ access to general education curriculum. Includes development of Individual Education Plans and collaboration with parents and professionals. Field placement required.

 

EDUC 435 - Educational Evaluation for Exceptional Learners

Prepares special education teachers to participate in the evaluation of students with disabilities. Examines legal, ethical, and professional requirements. Includes administration, scoring, and interpretation of informal and formal academic tests, including screening and progress monitoring tools. Field placement required.

 

EDUC 436 - Differentiated Literacy Instruction

Prepares elementary teacher education majors to identify, administer and analyze informal assessments and to use data to develop and implement differentiated literacy instruction.

 

UNIV 401 & 402 - Senior Thesis

SENIOR THESIS - Component: Research

Senior thesis for students working toward a degree with distinction. 

Title:  Science Instruction: Opportunity and availability for gifted and talented elementary and middle school students in Delaware. 

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University of Pennsylvania

Graduate School of Education

Master's Level Course Work

 

EDUC 504 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education

An introduction to the central issues and management problems in contemporary American higher education.  One-term course offered either term

 

EDUC 594 Diversity in Higher Education (formerly EDUC545)

This course explores issues of diversity as they pertain to higher education, including race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, ideology, etc. Rather than focusing on specific populations of people, the course will tackle issues of diversity within the context of concrete higher education functions and problems.

 

EDUC 548 American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

An examination of major trends, central tendencies, and turning points in American education reform, giving particular attention to contemporary developments such as accountability laws and school choice. This historical development of the federal role in American schooling is also considered, as is the history of school desegregation. What is the purpose of "school"? How have schools evolved across time, and how have Americans tried to change them? And what can we learn from this long history of reform?

 

EDUC 607 Faculty and Academic Governance

Introduction to selected issues pertaining to faculty and academic governance, such as: Who governs American colleges and universities? What are the respective roles of the president, the board of trustees, the faculty, and students in institutional decision making? The course will also explore key contemporary governance issues.

 

EDUC 640 History of American Higher Education

This interactive course focuses on the history of American higher education from the Colonial period through the current day. An emphasis is placed on underrepresented institutions and individuals. Students will have the opportunity to make connections between historical trends and movements and current issues.

 

EDUC 574 Race/Ethnicity in Human Development

This interdisciplinary course will employ a critical perspective on minority youth development, analyze the existing literature, and propose alternative explanations for observed phenomena. It will consider pertinent issues and theories of middle childhood, adolescent and young adult development.

 

EDUC 714 Law and Higher Education

An examination of the most important state and federal laws governing U.S. colleges and universities, with an emphasis on current legal problems.  Course usually offered in fall term.  

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University of Alabama

Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies

Doctoral Level Course Work

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AHE 601 Professional Seminar in Higher Education 

This course is designed for students newly admitted to the doctoral program in higher education administration. As such, the seminar concentrates on issues and concerns that arise as part of the doctoral experience. Course activities and experiences may vary according to the professional experience and academic background of course participants.

Texts:  Altbach at al., Calabrese, Creswell

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AHE 640 Organizational Change in Higher Education 

Colleges and universities face tremendous challenges; the need for change—and for change agents—has never been greater. This course examines organizational change both theoretically and practically in higher education.

Texts:  Kezar, Manning

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BEF 653 Studies in Higher Education History

A critical examination of significant events, movements, or individuals in the history of higher education.

Texts:  Rudolph, Thelin, Urban

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AHE 520 The Student in Higher Education

A survey of the needs, characteristics, and cultures of the American college student within various types of higher education institutions.

Texts:  Quaye et. al

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AHE 550 Financing in Higher Education

An overview of the budgeting processes, sources of revenue, types of expenditures, and issues and innovations in financing various types of contemporary institutions of higher education. Also a survey of the various business and planning operations vital to the operation of colleges and universities.

Texts: Barr & McClellan; Serna & Weiler

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AHE 680 Readings in Higher Education 

The purpose of this course is to provide students with skills that enable them to understand and synthesize current research in higher education.

Texts: Creswell & Gutterman

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BER 600 Quantitative Research Methods

An overview of research methods and procedures in education, primarily for doctoral students. Emphasis is given to the quantitative and qualitative methods used in writing a doctoral dissertation.

Texts: Creswell & Gutterman

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BER 540 Statistical Methods In Educ

This three-hour course covers basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion. Hypothesis testing related to one-sample z-and t-test; independent and dependent samples t-test; correlation; and chi-square and simple regression are included. SPSS is required.

Texts: Bluman; Cronk

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AHE 610 Academic Cultures and Learning 

An intensive examination of the student, faculty, and administrative cultures in higher education environments. The impact of various internal and external factors on institutional culture and behavior will also be studied, particularly as they relate to teaching, learning, research, and service.

Texts: Gumport; Clark

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BEF 534 Multicultural Education in Higher Education

Studies in selected aspects of the social, cultural, and political foundations of society, with a critical evaluation of their relevance for understanding diversity in educational institutions and in creating pedagogies that meet the diverse needs of students.

Texts:  Bhattacharya & Gillen; Sensoy & DiAngelo; Gause

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AHE 602 Problems in Higher Education

Seminar studying the current issues and trends related to higher education.

Texts:  Tierney & Bensimon

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AHE 521 Student Services

An overview of the organization, personnel, and practices of student affairs and related higher education functions in U.S. colleges and universities. The course is designed to increase student understanding of how student services, student activities, and student development tasks are organized, administered, and assessed. Students will explore the main issues, roles, constituencies and expectations affecting individual professionals as well as the profession as a whole.

Texts:  Schuh, Jones & Harper.

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AHE 530 Law & Higher Education

Investigates and explicates the structure and background of law and equity in higher education, with emphasis on how statutory law, administrative law, and case law respond to and affect faculty, students, administrators, and trustees. Constitutional law, contracts, torts, the law of private associations, civil rights statutes, executive orders, injunctions, specific performance, corporate and partnership law, law of agency, and laws on liability are studied as they apply to higher education.

Texts:  Kaplin, Lee, Hutchens & Rooksby.

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BEF 654 Philosophy of Higher Education

An analysis of the language, concepts, and value judgments embedded in higher-education policy issues.

Texts:  Barnett

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AHE 631 Qualitative Research I

This course serves as an introduction to basic theory and history of naturalistic inquiry, including the growth of methods and frameworks for conducting research. Students will have a practical experience developing a qualitative research project.  This includes skills such as development of a basic research design, research questions, interviewing, and protocols.  Students also practice data analysis skills including coding, memo writing, and analysis. Throughout the semester, students learn to critically read and write about qualitative research while gaining understandings of this field of inquiry.

Texts:  Bhattacharya

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AHE 621 Power, Politics, Change

This course will create understanding of the measurable social and private benefits of higher education. This course will focus on how politics have distorted the quantifiable evidence and policy implications of the marketization and lack of social discourse regarding the true benefits of higher education. This course will delve into such areas as public investment in higher education, K-12 education, immigration and race.  This course will also explore the political and geographic differences in federal higher education policy.  

Texts:  Natow (2022)

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AHE 645 Higher Education and Student Affairs Assessment

This course will explore assessment in higher education and student affairs, including the history and significance of assessment, perspectives from associations, fundamental perspectives, ethics, practical considerations, and future directions. We will also study specific processes for creating assessment initiatives, including developing outcomes, instrumentation, data collection, sampling, data analysis, dissemination, and utilizing results.

Texts:  Schuh et al.

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BEF 681 Ethics & Education

An exploration and examination of traditional and contemporary ethical issues confronting educational leaders, managers, and teachers at all levels of the educational process. Emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to foundations in ethical theory and establishing a conceptual framework for the resolution of moral and ethical questions prevalent across the educational spectrum.

Texts:  Sandel; Potthast & Panza

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