Academics
 
Educational Studies Classes

 

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Students focusing in Educational Studies choose from a wide range of education courses. Students wishing to receive state certification obtain their content training (i.e., Life Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts) from faculty and classes in those areas.

 

 

Adapting Instruction for Students with Disabilities
Adolescent Psychology
Children's Literature
Curriculum and Design: Paper Airplanes 101
Curriculum and Instruction in the Secondary School
Education and the State: Comrade, Worker, Parent, Mensch
Educational Psychology
Education through Music
Elementary Methods I: Reading, Writing, and Social Studies
Elementary Methods II: Math and Science
Environmental Education
Experiential Education
Femininity and Masculinity Go to School
Intercultural Education
Introduction to Counseling
Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
Issues in Education
Learning Theory
Methods in Writing and Teaching Across the Curriculum
Qualitative Research Methods: Evaluating Human Service Programs
Student Teaching
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Teachings of U.S. History
Understanding and Managing Group Dynamics

Internships & Senior Projects completed by recent Educational Studies students

• ethnography of history education in a South African high school

student teaching• multimedia presentation on multiple chemical sensitivities, developed for an emergent not-for-profit organization

• business plan for an alternative school for students with learning disabilities

• international human rights curriculum for high school students

• pilot course on a newly developed underwater sign language for SCUBA divers

• multi-day experiential learning program for middle school girls that involved bicycling across Cape Cod

• parent guide for preparing their child for kindergarten pre-screening

• resource manual for parents of autistic children

• comprehensive fourth grade curriculum on endangered species in Maine

• history of the Longfellow School on Great Cranberry Island

• art education workshop for parent and child bonding

• comprehensive development plan for the Tremont School's Educational Water Trail

• children's storybook on the maple sugar industry



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