| Course Code | Name | Course Description |
| CT5000-8 | Curriculum and Instructional Strategies | This master’s level course provides an overview of theories, principles, practices and issues in curriculum and instruction. It explores the pedagogical and curricular requirements in schools and integrates theory and practice. This course focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of curricula. Using six architectural principles as a framework, the course investigates strategies and methods to teach diverse learners. |
| CT5001-8 | The Teacher as Reflective Practitioner | Reflective practice is a powerful force for educational change. Reflection is a critical process that informs decision making and involves experience, research, discussion, and implementation. Reflective practitioners are committed to continuous learning and improvement. This course will provide the Learner with an overview of the reflective thinking process and model, and will invite the Learner to reflect on past actions in the classroom in order to improve and energize professional growth, teaching methods, classroom strategies, and student learning. |
| CT5002-8 | Learning Styles and Teaching Styles – Strategies for Success | Planning for successful, meaningful teaching involves strategies, processes, and relationships. This Master’s level course introduces specific strategies, modalities, and principles that can be collected and integrated into a lesson plan or learning module. The question of how a particular strategy relates to a specific learning objective is partially dependent on the teaching and learning styles present in the specific context. The skillful use of learning and teaching styles requires familiarity with style models, an awareness of one’s personal style and how it influences individual thinking, acting, and communicating. Both hypothetical and real teaching scenarios and strategy decisions will be critically considered and integrated into a personal working model with the focus on building practical style skills and associated strategies. |
| ED6001-8 | Action Research for Education | This graduate course will examine a comprehensive overview of research tools utilized by education practitioners. Students will be provided with a solid understanding of research concepts, skills, and principles such as data collection, literature reviews, and evaluation methods. |
| CT5003-8 | Principles of Teaching & Learning | The foundations of teaching and learning can be viewed from several perspectives. One such perspective includes the principles supporting the theories and models used today by educational practitioners; this course will focus on such principles. Learners will contrast and evaluate the development, motivation, and transfer of learning processes and models. Learners will also evaluate learning styles and metacognition for possible changes that can improve teaching practices. Finally, Learners will analyze the influence of emotional, social, and cultural contexts in order to make effective decisions that support school structures that enable student learning. |
| CT5004-8 | Foundations of Language & Literacy Education | This course will assist educators in learning more about the foundations of language development and the impact language acquisition has on literacy learning. Educators will be asked to reflect on their own understanding of language development and reflect on their teaching of language. |
| CT5005-8 | Literacy Teaching and Learning | This course provides Learners working in professional teaching settings opportunities to develop their understanding of the eight principles guiding literacy development in the early years. Theory, strategies, activities as well as a summative assessment are presented throughout this course to assist teachers in gaining a more thorough perspective on literacy development in the early grades. |
| CT5006-8 | Multiple Intelligences and Ways of Learning | In this course, Learners will explore the concept of multiple intelligences for appropriate and beneficial applications within school curricula, especially as applied to fostering students' higher-order thinking skills. Learners will investigate and assess the influence of multiple intelligences on interdisciplinary learning, preferred learning styles, and appropriate applications in the classroom. Learners will also analyze the options for evaluating and revising student assessment methods and tools so that multiple intelligences theory is included in curriculum development. Finally, Learners will develop activities to engage specific types of learners using Bloom’s taxonomy. |
| ED6002-8 | Action Research Capstone | This Master’s level course emphasizes practical research skills utilized by education practitioners. Students will develop an action research project based on the scientific method and concepts presented in ED6001. The culminating product will reflect critical thinking, graduate level writing skills, and correct APA format. This course is open only to Learners pursuing the Master of Education. |
