Masters of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum
The MATC program at Michigan State University has taken me from my student teaching year to today. It introduced me to the very nature of being a professional educator, best practices, and to my personal teaching philosophy and style.
Professional Development and Inquiry Core
TE 801
Professional Roles & Teaching Practices
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TE 808
Inquiry into Classroom Teaching and Learning
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TE 870
Curriculum Design, Development, and Deliberation in Schools
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Teachers' professional and ethical responsibilities. Connections of schools to other social agencies. Relations of teachers to colleagues, families, other social service providers, and community leaders. Roles in school governance.
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Alternative forms of classroom inquiry to improve teaching and learning of subject matter. Social context of teaching and learning, pedagogy, and teaching effects. Social and academic outcomes for diverse learners.
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Simulation in group curriculum deliberation. Critique of curriculum discourse, process, and product. Teachers' roles in site-based curriculum and staff development.
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Literacy and Language Instruction (Concentration)
TE 843
Reading, Writing, & Reasoning in Secondary School Subjects
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TE 845
Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction
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TE 848Methods of Writing Instruction
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Knowledge and methodology for teaching language, literacy, and thinking in selected secondary school subjects.
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Acquisition of literacy in schools by language minority students and other learners with diverse backgrounds.
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Rationale and methods for writing instruction from pre-writing through drafting and editing.
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Teaching and Curriculum Electives
TE 802
Professional Roles & Teaching Practices
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TE 804
Inquiry into Classroom Teaching and Learning
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CEP 820
Teaching K-12 Students Online
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CEP 866
Psychoeducational Interventions for Children and Youth
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Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning. Criteria for judging the validity and applicability of research-based knowledge. Framing educational problems worthy of inquiry. Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice.
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Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on teaching, learning, and educational policy. Dilemmas surrounding research on practice. Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.
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Strategies for constructing and implementing online curricula aimed at K-12 students.
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Theoretical and empirical bases for designing, implementing and evaluating intervention programs. Child and youth development. Understanding risk and resiliency. At-risk youth.
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