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master's degree in elementary education is designed to provide advanced professional studies in graduate level coursework for persons who currently hold teacher certification and who are committed to excellence in elementary education. The students enrolled in a degree program are expected to pursue a plan of study sufficiently intensive and sequential to assure increased professional competence and breadth of knowledge in Elementary Education. The fundamental goal of the program is to enable the student to operate from a basis of principles that will guide effective and intelligent functioning as a practitioner of the art and science of teaching in the elementary school. More specifically, the objectives are designed to enable the student to:
 
 

1. evaluate general principles of elementary school curriculum theory and construction.
2. analyze and evaluate alternative patterns of elementary school organization.
3. examine contemporary educational issues and evaluate various alternative solutions.
4. investigate innovative methods of teaching in the elementary school.
5. research and apply theories of human development and diversity.
6. analyze and synthesize within the educational process the relationship between theory and practice.
7. investigate and apply instructional and informational technology.

 

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