Learning and Teaching
Curriculum
2008-2009 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.
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-932 | Schwager | The History of Women's Education in the United States | Fall |
| T-527 | Wiske | How to Teach for Understanding | 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 |
| A-326 | Merseth | School Reform: Curricular and Instructional Leadership | Fall |
| AH-400 | Pollock | American Dilemmas: Everyday Struggles over Race and Equality in U.S. Education | Fall |
| A-107 | Lawrence-Lightfoot | The Sociology of Education: The Culture of Schools | 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-540 | Perkins | Cognition and the Art of Instruction | Fall |
| 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-607 | N. Hill | Psychology of Ethnicity and Context | Fall |
| 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 |
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.
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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