Teaching—Elementary Strand, M.A.T.

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The Master of Arts in Teaching Program is a 39-credit hour program of study that provides students with a comprehensive education that will enable them to become successful educators. This program will lay the foundation to produce graduates who are knowledgeable, competent, accountable, and ethical. The overall goal of this program is to provide an opportunity for prospective teachers to engage in professional education and decision-making based on inquiry and reflective practice in order to meet the challenges of the ever-expanding educational, social, and political responsibilities of the teaching profession.

Curriculum for a Master of Arts in Teaching—Elementary Strand

Total credit hours, 39 Hours:

Core courses, 33 Hours:

EDUC 500 - Advancing the Use of Technology in the Classroom (3 cr)
EDUC 525 - The Special Learner in the Regular Classroom (3 cr)
EDUC 560 - Survey of Exceptionalities (3 cr)
EDUC 581 - Social Foundations of American Education (3 cr)
EDUC 582 - Learning in Contexts (3 cr)
EDUC 583 - Planning, Conducting, and Assessing Instruction (3 cr)
EDUC 584 - Classroom Ecology (3 cr)
EDUC 586 - Reading I: Literacy Acquisition and Developmental Reading (3 cr)
EDUC 587 - Reading II: Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Difficulties (3 cr)
EDUC 588 - Integrated Pedagogy (3 cr)
EDUC 589 - Reading and Responding to Children’s Literature (3 cr) OR
EDUC 503 - Reading in the Content Area (3 cr)

Student teaching, 6 Hours:

Pre-Student Teaching Field Experiences

The State of West Virginia requires that each teacher candidate complete 125 hours of pre-student teaching field experiences.

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