Teaching and Learning Concentration
This concentration is designed for practicing educators who wish to enrich their competency in developing innovative curriculum and implementing emerging pedagogies (such as technology-infused, standards-based, integrative, project-based, and design-based learning). The requirements are sufficiently flexible to permit both elementary and secondary teachers to improve their skills in their respective content areas.
Concentration Core
| EDAD 511 | 21st-Century Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDCI 540 | Teaching and Learning for 21st-Century Skills | 3 |
| EDUC 549 | 21st-Century Literacies | 3 |
| EDUC 556 | Integrative Curriculum Design | 3 |
| SPED 522 | Methods of Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms | 4 |
| Approved Electives* | 7 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
*Teaching and Learning electives must be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor. Suggested elective courses:
TECH 528 (Design Thinking and Technology in the Classroom),
EDAD 547,
EDUC 506,
EDUC 525,
EDUC 593. Must include
EDUC 525 if not taken under Basic Courses.