Curriculum Issues

• A Study of curriculum that includes philosophy, history, decision making, major concepts, and terms.

Pedagogical Research

• Theory and application of pedagogical inquiry with emphasis on teacher as researcher, pedagogical question posing, and techniques of pedagogical inquiry including narrative, autobiography, case writing, action research, and artifactual documentation of teacher performance. Link to Sample Course Flyer

Middle School Curriculum

• Theory of planning and developing learning experiences appropriate to the needs and interests of early adolescents.

Multicultural and Diversity Issues in Curriculum

• Understanding of the historical and contemporary perspectives toward cultural diversity. Development of an awareness of diverse culture and language communities; understanding of critical issues of race, class, gender, and ethnicity in education; perennial issues of multiculturalism in public education and in global society; a comprehensive overview of principles and current research on bilingual and multicultural education.

Contemporary Issues in Curriculum Studies

• Examination of selected contemporary topics in curriculum studies such as school reform or post-modern education. Link to Sample Course Flyer

Analysis of Teaching

• Advanced study of multiple forms of analysis of teaching such as behavioral, phenomenological, and constructivist with emphasis on major research on teacher reflection and teacher narrative. Link to Sample Course Flyer

Advanced Curriculum Studies

• In-depth analysis of key concepts, topics, trends, and the interdisciplinary nature of curriculum studies. Critical analysis of contemporary curriculum discourses. Link to Sample Course Flyer

Curriculum History

• Examines in-depth the history of various movements in U.S. curriculum thinking and the individuals who promoted them, with attention to the cultural and institutional contexts within which they worked. Emphasis is given to primary sources and the position of curriculum thinking within evolving educational thinking.

Advanced Pedagogical Research

• Advanced theory and application of pedagogical research with emphasis on teacher as researcher, teacher research as professional development and education reform, techniques of pedagogical research and pedagogical question posing. Link to Sample Course Flyer

Advanced Media Literacy in the Curriculum

• This course examines the interdisciplinary areas of media literacy across the curriculum. Major these such as issues of hegemony and strategies of media literacy in diverse classrooms will be explored. Students will analyze and evaluate various curriculum theories as applied to media literacy as well as research in the field. Finally, the future of media literacy and debates in the field will be considered. Link to Sample Course Flyer