Learning and Teaching

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Ed.M Learning and Teaching Program Requirements (2009-10)

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.

Course Number	Instructor	Course Title	Semester
T-540	Perkins	Cognition and the Art of Instruction	Fall
T-527	Wiske	How to Teach for Understanding	Fall
T-405	Gehlbach	Social Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in Classrooms	Fall
T-440	Duckworth	Teaching and Learning	Fall
T-203	Kattef	*Creating Community in the Classroom	Fall
S-105	Elgin	Philosophy of Education	Fall
AH-400	Pollock	[American Dilemmas: Everyday Struggles over Race and Equality in U.S. Education]	Fall
A-418	Reuben	The History of Education in the United States	Fall
A-326	Merseth	School Reform: Curricular and Instructional Leadership	Fall
A-107	Lawrence-Lightfoot	The Sociology of Education: The Culture of Schools	Fall
T-605	Duckworth	[*Introduction to the Work of Jean Piaget]	Spring
T-543	Grotzer	Applying Cognitive Science to Learning and Teaching	Spring
T-150	Duckworth	*Curriculum Based on Understanding	Spring
T-131	Boles	Teachers, Leadership, and Power: Changing the Teaching Career	Spring
T-139	Blythe	Investigating Learning and Teaching through the Close Collaborative Examination of Student and Teacher Work	Spring
T-006	Kegan	Adult Development	Spring
H-236	N. Hill	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 which 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

Fall 2009

Course Number	Instructor	Course Title		Semester
T-800	Grotzer	[Research and Evidence: Framing Scientific Research for Public Understanding]		Fall
T-656	Perkins	[Inquiry: Education for the Unknown]		Fall
T-561	Dede	Emerging Educational Technologies		Fall
T-522	Dockterman	Educational Software Project Design		Fall
T-510K	Davis	Ethnical Dimensions of Young People’s Media Use	(Module)	Fall
T-495	Kegan	[*Personal Learning and Professional Development: An Adult Developmental Approach to Reflective Practice]		Fall
T-402	Wilson	Group Learning		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-205	H. Hill	[Professional Education for Teachers]		Fall
S-300	Seidel	*The Arts in Education: Learning in and through the Arts		Fall
S-305	Tishman	Learning in Museums: Issues and Approaches		Fall
S-015	Gehlbach	Questionnaire Design: A Practical Guide from Conceptualization to Administration		Fall
S-005	Tivnan	Introduction to Educational Research		Fall
HT-820	Thomson	*Introduction to Psychoeducational Assessment		Fall
HT-500	Blatt	Growing Up in a Media World		Fall
HT-100	Fischer	Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain	(Yearlong)	F & S
H-818	Mason	*Reading Instruction and Development		Fall
H-810W	Lesaux	[Language Minority Learners I: Models of Bilingual Education and Literacy Instruction]	(Module)	Fall
H-810G	Robinson	*Adolescent Literature	(Module)	Fall
H-810F	Robinson	*Children’s Literature	(Module)	Fall
H-607	N.Hill	Psychology of Ethnicity and Context		Fall
H-382	Feigenberg	The Problems Kids Have: Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children		Fall
H-250	Harris	Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood		Fall
A-642	Moore Johnson	*Theory for Research and Practice in Organizations		Fall
A-213	Schimmel	Schools and the Law		Fall
A-139	Moore Johnson	Pursuing Teacher Quality: Policy, Research, and Practice		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

Spring 2010

T-581	Kahle	Online Environments for Learning: Advanced Design Studio		Spring
T-565	Richards	Entrepreneurial Approaches to Educational Publishing		Spring
T-560	Rose	Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Challenge of Individual Differences		Spring
T-545	Dede	Engagement and Learning: Technologies that Invite and Immerse		Spring
T-530	Blatt	*Designing and Producing Media for Education		Spring
T-526	Wiske	Power of Networked Learning		Spring
T-523	Holland	*Formative Evaluation for Educational Product Development		Spring
T-506	Holland	[*Evaluation for Informed Decision Making]		Spring
T-407	Star	[Learning in the Content Areas]		Spring
T-234	Higgins	*Teaching and Learning by the Case Method		Spring
T-215	Pereira	*Teaching Science		Spring
T-210Z1	White	*Dimensions of Diversity: English Language Learners	(Module)	Spring
T-210N	Pollock	Everyday Antiracism for Educators	(Module)	Spring
T-207	Sommers	Teachers as Writers: Teachng Writing across Disciplines		Spring
T-202	Charner-Laid	*Foundations of Schooling and Teaching		Spring
S-306	Box-Mansilla	[Interdisciplinary Education: Preparing Students for our Contemporary World]		Spring
H-810C	Jacobs	Literacy and Content learning in Middle and Secondary Schools.	(Module)	Spring
H-611	Weissbourd	Moral Adults, Moral Child		Spring
H-311	Jo. Kim	Cross-Cultural Issue ins Counseling and Advocacy		Spring
H-310Z	Selman	Educating for Democracy Through Facing History and Ourselves	(Module)	Spring
H-236	N. Hill	Adolescent Development: Psychosocial Implications for School Practice and Community Partnerships.		Spring
AT-113	H.Hill	Educational Effectiveness: Examining Influences on Student Achievement		Spring
AT-107	Jackson	*Curriculum Controversies		Spring
AT-102	Jackson	[*Curriculum and Instructional Leadership]		Spring
A-327	Merseth	Charter Schools: Threats or Opportunities for Public Education?		Spring
A-506	Moore Johnson	Teachers’ Unions and School Improvement		Spring
A-113	Diamond	Urban Education		Spring

Download a copy of the current L&T Program Requirements (181KB doc)

Notes:

Asterisked (*) courses may be taken only with the consent of the instructor
Bracketed [ ] courses will not be offered in the 2009-10 academic year
Two modules equal one course

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