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Graduate Program

The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program is designed for full-time students (including undergraduates who qualify for the accelerated B.A./M.A. program) seeking the initial teaching license at either the elementary, middle or secondary levels. It begins in spring/summer and extends through the following academic year. Students enter as part of a cohort team that is guided through the program by university and school mentors. They are placed with a teacher mentor in one of the Hiatt Center professional-development schools at the beginning of the academic year and take the equivalent of 10 courses, including the teaching practicum, determined by and based on their prior course work and planned teaching level.

Program Faculty

S. Leslie Blatt, Ph.D.
Thomas Del Prete, Ed.D. -
Sharon A. Griffin, Ph.D.
Sarah Michaels, Ph.D.
Maureen Reddy, Ed.D.
Heather L. Roberts, Ph.D.


Clinical Faculty

John Ameer, Ed.D.
Letina Jeranyama, Ph.D.
Holly Kapuscienski, M.Ed.
Nathaniel C. Seale, M.Ed.
Marlene Shepard, M.A.

Courses
(Click on “Title of Course” or “Course Number” to sort by that category)

Title of CourseCourse Number
Ways of Knowing in the Physical and Natural Sciences/Lecture, Discussion, Field Placement - Elementary
EDUC286-A
Ways of Knowing in Mathematics/Lecture, Discussion, Field Placement
EDUC287-B
Teaching as Research Seminar I, II
EDUC305
Literacy Across the Curriculum/Lecture, Discussion, Seminar, Field Placement
EDUC308
Teaching and Learning, Part I/Seminar, Discussion
EDUC311
Selected Topics in Children’s Literature/Seminar, Discussion
EDUC314
Ways of Knowing Seminar
EDUC326A -1
Ways of Knowing Seminar - Middle/Secondary
EDUC326A-2
Culture, Language and Education
EDUC327
Best Practices: Science Education
EDUC345
Teaching and Learning, Part II/Seminar, Discussion
EDUC359
Literacy Development / Lecture, Discussion, Seminar, Field Placement
EDUC360
Human Development and Learning / Lecture, Discussion
EDUC361
Teaching and Learning, Part III/Seminar, Discussion
EDUC362
Knowledge, Development and Instruction/Lecture, Discussion, Class Exercises
EDUC364
Clinical Experience and Seminar I (Elementary)
EDUC367 Sec. 1
Clinical Experience and Seminar I (Middle School)
EDUC367 Sec. 2
Clinical Experience and Seminar I (Secondary)
EDUC367 Sec. 3
Clinical Experience and Seminar II (Elementary)
EDUC368 Sec. 1
Clinical Experience and Seminar II (Middle)
EDUC368 Sec. 2
Clinical Experience and Seminar II (Secondary)
EDUC368 Sec. 3
Facilitating Teacher Research: Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Methods
EDUC377
Practicum: Middle-School Teaching/Learning
EDUC378A
Seminar: Middle-School Teaching/Learning
EDUC378B
Practicum: Secondary Education
EDUC379A
Seminar: Secondary-School Teaching and Learning
EDUC379B
Ways of Knowing in History and the Social Sciences / Lecture, Discussion, Field Placement
EDUC383
Ways of Knowing in the Humanities / Lecture, Discussion, Field Placement
EDUC384
Ways of Knowing in the Physical and Natural Sciences/Lecture, Discussions, Field Placement - Middle/Secondary
EDUC386-B
Ways of Knowing in Mathematics/Lecture, Discussion, Field Placement - Elementary
EDUC387-A
Practicum: Elementary Teaching/Learning
EDUC388A
Seminar: Elementary Teaching/Learning
EDUC388B
Directed Readings — Graduate
EDUC399 Sec. 1
Directed Research — Graduate
EDUC399 Sec. 2


 

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