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 51121st-Century Educational Leadership

3

EDCI 540Teaching and Learning for 21st-Century Skills

3

EDUC 54921st-Century Literacies

3

EDUC 556Integrative Curriculum Design

3

SPED 522Methods 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.