EDUC 7430 Advanced Graduate Inquiry Seminar

This course is designed for the Lynch School Fifth Year Program students who have successfully completed a licensure program at Boston College. It is designed to build on teacher candidates' experiences with inquiry as stance and expand their skills in conducting classroom-based research that leads to pupil achievement and teaching for social justice in their new license area. The hybrid course is online with one class meeting. A case-study approach is used to help teacher candidates mediate the relationships of theory and practice, pose questions for inquiry, learn through reflection and discussion, learn from experiences with students and colleagues, construct critical perspectives about teaching, learning, and schooling, and to improve teaching and learning. The second part of this sequence is EDUC7432 which is taken in conjunction with full-time student teaching (EDUC7420).

Course overview

Department
Teacher Education and Curriculum and Instruction
School
LSOE
Credits
1
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall, Every Spring

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.52 / 5 · Very Good
21 responses
Instructor rating
4.33 / 5 · Very Good
21 responses
Terms evaluated
4
Most recent: Fall 2024

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2024Mary Jacques3.74.34.34.03.74.34.33.71–3 hrs/week3 of 7
Fall 2023Mary Jacques4.85.05.05.04.34.84.85.0—4 of 8
Fall 2022Haerin Park2.83.63.84.03.83.23.43.31–3 hrs/week5 of 6
Fall 2021Cheryl Davis3.34.44.24.33.73.63.93.7≤ 1 hr/week9 of 11

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

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