Integrative 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 504Foundations of Dynamic School Leadership

3

EDCI 538Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom

3

EDCI 540Teaching and Learning for 21st-Century Skills

3

EDUC 528Design Thinking in the Classroom

3

or

TECH 528/TECH 428Design Thinking and Technology

2

EDUC 539Classroom Art Integration

3

EDUC 556Integrative Curriculum Design

3

Approved Electives*

6

Total Credit Hours:23
*Teaching and Learning electives must be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor. Suggested elective courses: EDCI 535, EDCI 536, EDUC 537, EDUC 549, SPED 522