Learning and Teaching
Curriculum
2007-2008 Requirements
Students in the L&T master's program are required to take a total of eight courses for the Ed.M. degree. Five of these eight courses must be selected from the offerings listed below.
Core/Foundational Courses
(Students are strongly encouraged but not required to select at least two courses
identified as core/foundational.)
| T-932 | Schwager | The History of Women's Education in the United States | Fall | |
| T-540 | Perkins | Cognition and the Art of Instruction | Fall | |
| T-527 | Wiske | Developing Curriculum for Deep Learning with New Technologies | Fall | |
| T-440 | Duckworth | Teaching and Learning | Fall | |
| T-203 | Kattef | *Creating Community in the Classroom | Fall | |
| T-131 | Boles | Teachers, Leadership, and Power: Changing the Teaching Career | Fall | |
| S-105 | Elgin | Philosophy of Education | Fall | |
| H-607 | N. Hill | Psychology of Ethnicity and Context | Fall | |
| A-326 | Merseth | School Reform: Curricular and Instructional Leadership | Fall | |
| A-107 | Lawrence-Lightfoot | The Sociology of Education: The Culture of Schools | Fall | |
| AH-400 | Pollock | American Dilemmas: Everyday Struggles over Race and Equality in U.S. Education | Fall | |
| T-903 | Schwager | [The History of Teachers and Teaching] | Spring | |
| T-605 | Duckworth | The Work of Jean Piaget | Spring | |
| T-543 | Grotzer | Applying Cognitive Science to Learning and Teaching | Spring | |
| T-405 | Gehlbach | Social Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in Classrooms | Spring | |
| T-150 | Duckworth | *Curriculum Based on Understanding | Spring | |
| T-139 | Blythe | Close Examination of Student Work: Investigating Learning and Teaching | Spring | |
| T-006 | Kegan | Adult Development | Spring | |
| H-236 | Epps | Adolescent Development: Psychosocial Implications for School Practice and Community Partnerships | Spring | |
| AT-105 | Boles | New Professional Roles for Teachers | Spring | |
| AH-600 | N. Hill | Parenting, Schools, and Achievement | Spring | |
| A-412 | Reuben | The History of American Higher Education | Spring | |
| A-117 | Hehir | Implementing Inclusive Education | Spring |
Additional HGSE courses that meet L&T program requirements
Note: All HGSE courses that include a “T” even variations like HT in the course number meet L&T requirements
| T-800 | Grotzer | Research and Evidence: Framing Scientific Research for Public Understanding | Fall | |
| T-529 | Fishman | Learning Technologies Across the Content Areas | Fall | |
| T-523 | Holland | *Formative Evaluation | Fall | |
| T-522 | Dockterman | Educational Software Project Design | Fall | |
| T-502 | Clarke | Learning Media that Bridge Distance and Time | Fall | |
| T-495 | Kegan | *Personal Learning and Professional Development: An Adult Developmental Approach to Reflective Practice | Fall | |
| T-470 | Comings | Advanced Seminar on Literacy, Numeracy, ESL, and GED Programs for Adults and Adolescents | Fall | |
| T-234 | Higgins | *Teaching and Learning by the Case Method | Fall | |
| T-215 | Pelletier | *Teaching Science | Fall | |
| T-214 | Star | *Teaching Mathematics | Fall | |
| T-213 | Levinson | *Teaching History, Political Science/Political Philosophy, and/or Social Studies | Fall | |
| T-212 | Jacobs | *Teaching English | Fall | |
| T-210Z | TBA | *Elements of Diversity: Special Education | (Module) | Fall |
| T-210L | Seider | A Practical Approach to Classroom Management | (Module) | Fall |
| T-205 | H. Hill | Professional Education for Teachers | Fall | |
| HT-820 | Thompson | *Introduction to Psychoeducational Assessment | Fall | |
| HT-500 | Blatt | Growing Up in a Media World | Fall | |
| T-581 | Kahle | Online Environments for Learning: Advanced Design Studio | Spring | |
| T-561 | Dede | [Emerging Educational Technologies] | Spring | |
| T-560 | Rose | Universal Design for Learning | Spring | |
| T-545 | Fishman | Engagement and Learning: Technologies that Invite and Immerse | Spring | |
| T-530 | Blatt | *Designing and Producing Media for Education | Spring | |
| T-526 | Wiske | Improving Performance Through Online Learning | Spring | |
| T-506 | Holland | *Evaluation for Informed Decision Making | Spring | |
| T-407 | Star | Learning in the Content Areas | Spring | |
| T-324 | Luttrell | *Gender and Education | Spring | |
| T-210S | Hong | Understanding Immigrant Families: Relationship Between Children, Parents, and Schools | (Module) | Spring |
| T-210N | Pollock | Everyday Antiracism for Educators | (Module) | Spring |
| T-208 | Merseth | *Introduction to the Profession of Teaching | Spring | |
| T-202 | TBA | *Foundations of Schooling and Teaching | Spring | |
| HT-123 | Blatt | Informal Learning for Children | Spring | |
| HT-100 | Fischer/Rose/Gardner | Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain | (8 credits) | Yearlong |
| AT-113 | H. Hill | Educational Effectiveness: Examining Influences on Student Achievement | Spring | |
| AT-102 | Jackson | [*Curriculum and Instructional Leadership] | Spring | |
| S-300 | Seidel | *The Arts in Education: Issues and Schools | Fall | S-305 | Tishman | Research on Learning in Museums: Issues and Approaches | Fall |
| S-005 | Tivnan | Introduction to Educational Research | Fall | |
| H-818 | Mason | Reading Instruction and Development | Fall | |
| H-810G | Robinson | *Adolescent Literature | (Module) | Fall |
| H-810F | Robinson | *Children's Literature | (Module) | Fall |
| H-250 | Hussar | Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood | Fall | |
| A-213 | Schimmel | Schools and the Law | Fall | |
| A-115 | Willie | Community Power, Decision-Making and Education | Fall | |
| A-112 | Hehir | Students with Disabilities in School | Fall | |
| A-021 | Mapp | *Leadership in School Organizations | Fall | |
| A-113 | Diamond | Urban Education | Fall | |
| S-310C | Dell | Learning from Objects: Teaching Strategies for the Classroom and the Museum | (Module) | Spring |
| S-310B | Scripp | Interdisciplinary Education: Music and the Arts as a Medium and a Model | (Module) | Spring |
| H-830 | Strucker | *Developing Reading Ability in Adults and Older Adolescents | Spring | |
| H810W | Snow | Language Minority Learners I: Models of Bilingual Education and Literacy Instruction | Spring | |
| H810C | Jacobs | Reading, Writing, and Content Learning in Middle and Secondary Schools | (Module) | Spring |
| H-382 | TBA | The Problems Kids Have: Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children | Spring | |
| H-310Z | Selman | Educating for Democracy Through Facing History and Ourselves | (Module) | Spring |
| H-326 | Weissbourd | Effective Interventions and School Reforms for At-risk Children | Spring | |
| A-506 | Morgaen | Teachers' Unions and School Improvement | Spring | |
| A-327 | Merseth | [Charter Schools: Threats or Opportunities for Public Education?] | Spring | |
| A-320 | Nathan | *Building a Democratic School: Pilots, Charters, and Alternatives to Traditional Schools | Spring | |
| A-010R | Hassan | Independent Secondary Schools | (Module) | Spring |
Download a copy of the 2007/08 L&T Program
Requirements (114KB doc)
Notes:
- Asterisked (*) courses may be taken only with the consent of the instructor.
- Two modules equals one course.
- Newly admitted students are advised that each year the L&T program updates its requirements to account for changes in and additions to HGSE's curriculum offerings.
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