Learning and Teaching
Curriculum
Ed.M. Program 2009-2010 Requirements
Students in the L&T master's program are required to complete eight courses for the Ed.M. degree. Five of these eight courses must be selected from the offerings listed below.
2010-2011 General Learning and Teaching Requirements
2010-2011 Instructional Leadership Strand Requirements
Core/Foundational Courses
(Students are strongly encouraged but not required to select at least two courses from the list below.)
| Course Number | Instructor | 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 |
View the full list of HGSE courses that meet L&T program Curriculum
Download a copy of the current L&T Program Curriculum (65kb pdf)
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.
2010-2011 Instructional Leadership Strand Requirements
All students in the Learning and Teaching Program are required to complete eight courses for the Ed.M. degree. Students who are accepted to the Instructional Leadership Strand have the following course requirements:
- 3 courses designed to develop instructional leadership within the student’s current subject area of mathematics, science, social studies, or English language arts. (These courses include one Core/Foundational “Big Ideas” course, one Advanced Methods course, and one content elective. Advanced Methods courses are designed for K-12 teachers.)
- 1 course in school organization or leadership
- 1 course in adult development, coaching, and mentoring
- 2 courses or internships in an area of leadership specialization. Internships may take place at a school or district site, or at an organization offering a relevant education-related work experience.
- 2 modules in English Language Learners (ELL) and Special Education (Sped)
*(Pending course availability.)
Specific Course Requirements Include:
Core/Foundational Course
Big Idea Courses (select one)
T-440 - Learning and Teaching (Duckworth)
T-540 - Cognition and the Art of Instruction (Perkins)
T-543 - Applying Cognitive Science to Learning and Teaching (Grotzer)
Advanced Methods Courses
Advanced methods in science (Grotzer)
Advanced methods in social studies (Levinson)
Advanced methods in Math (Star)
Advanced methods in English Language Arts (TBA)
Content Elective
Students will choose content electives from courses at GSE, the Harvard Extension School, or from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Leadership/Organizational Change Courses (select one)
A-021 - Leadership in Organizations (Mapp)
A-024 - Politics, Policymaking and Political Action in Education (West)
A-027A - Managing Financial Resources in Nonprofit Organizations (Honan)
A-100 - Introduction to Educational Policy (Mehta)
A-139 - Pursuing Teacher Quality: Policy, Research, and Practice (Johnson)
A-312 - Systemic Reform in Urban School Districts and Schools (Payzant)
A-326 - School Reform: Curricular and Instructional Leadership (Merseth)
A-328 - Proseminar: School Leaderhsip (Teitel)
A-608 - Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning (Higgins)
Adult Development
T-006 - Adult Development (Kegan)
Coursework and Internships in an area of leadership specialization.
Students will select an area of specialization to be pursued through coursework and/or internships. Such areas might include technology and instruction; assessment and data analysis; mentoring; instructional coaching; teacher research/action research; or curriculum development. Current courses will provide students in some of these areas of specialization (for example, technology, data assessment, and instructional coaching). In addition, internships, which take place at a school or district site, or at an organization offering a relevant education-related work experience, provide opportunities for students to apply coursework to practice, conduct research, develop new skills, and explore different kinds of work.
Below is a sampling of internship sites, showing the range of opportunities available in public and private schools, non-profits, technology, and research:
- Education Development Center, Inc.
- TERC
- Harvard Family Research Project
- Harvard Project Zero
- Primary Source
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Boston Public Schools (elementary and high school)
- Brookline Public Schools (elementary and high school)
- Watertown Pubic Schools (elementary and high school)
- Cambridge Public Schools (elementary and high school)
- Community Charter School
- Prospect Hill Charter School
- Concord Academy
- Buckingham, Brown and Nichols School
- The Fayerweather Street School
One course or Two Modules in ELL and Sped
*(Pending course availability)
Field Experience Program
The Field Experience Program (FEP) allows students to design their own course, combining theory with practice. Each intern chooses a site and a field supervisor, and is matched up with an FEP Teaching Fellow (TF) and an HGSE Faculty Supervisor. FEP internships provide students a chance to develop professional skills, shape research questions, explore careers, and establish new professional contacts, while earning course credit.
Leah, an L&T FEP student, reflects, "I had a wonderful experience with my FEP. I originally set out to study math anxiety but ended up learning a lot more. I was placed in an ELL classroom. I loved being around kids since I was definitely missing the classroom. I was able to directly apply a lot of what I was learning in classes at HGSE. The seminar experience was wonderful. We had lots of amazing conversations during our meetings. I really like real life experience and I learned so much from this internship. I highly recommend FEPs!"
Successful completion of an L&T related field placement may count toward L&T program requirements.
For Field Experience Program information, please carefully review the Field Experience Program website. Follow up questions can be directed to the FEP Program Coordinator who can be reached by e-mail at fep@gse.harvard.edu or by telephone at (617) 495-3427.
Cross Registration
Many HGSE students have taken advantage of the opportunity to take courses at other Harvard schools, Episcopal Divinity School, the Fletcher School at Tufts University, the MGH Institute of Health Professions, or MIT. In theory, you are free to attend courses at any of the other schools at Harvard, Episcopal Divinity School, the Fletcher School at Tufts University, the MGH Institute of Health Professions, or MIT; however, this is often dependent on instructor approval, prerequisites, and so on.
The essential source of information about cross registration opportunities is a series of University-compiled Web pages. To find out about courses offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in other Harvard graduate schools, consult the unified (and searchable) course catalog.
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