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The department
serves undergraduate and graduate students. Each program within
the department supports the College of Education's mission
of
preparing competent and knowledgeable personnel who are dedicated
to serving the educational needs of students of varying abilities
and backgrounds and responsible participants in the quest for
the improvement of the nation's schools and the teaching profession.
Within the context of the College of Education's mission, the
objective of the Elementary Education program is to prepare
teachers
to effectively and proficiently teach all children. Specific
to each graduate program, candidates are trained in the following
specialty areas: The Graduate Reading program prepares students
in becoming trained reading clinicians with the ability to
diagnose
and remediate reading difficulties and to plan and improve reading
instruction based on evaluation and professional development.
Degrees Offered
The Elementary
Education program offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate
level - the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education for undergraduates
and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) for graduate students
whose baccalaureate degree is in a field other than education.
In addition, graduate students, whose baccalaureate degree is
in a field other than education, have the option of following
the certification track. Graduate students, who choose the certification
track, follow the same program as undergraduate students; the
methods courses they take are at the graduate level.The Graduate
Reading program offers the Master of Science in Education
in the
Teaching of Reading.
Substantive
Specialization
The department
recommends eight areas of concentration for Elementary Education
undergraduate majors. The areas of concentration are: Computer
Science, English and Language Arts, General Science, Literacy
and Reading, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Spanish. Beginning
Fall 2002, candidates now have the option of choosing an 18-hour
concentration in the middle school.
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