Master of Arts in Education, MAED

Overview

The Master of Arts in Education is designed for practicing teachers, typically those working in partner schools, interested in deepening their practice and understanding of student learning. The program curriculum emphasizes the importance of reflection and inquiry as part of a teacher’s practice, and culminates in a teacher research project. The curriculum is otherwise tailored to the background and interests of each teacher.

The program’s core purpose sits squarely in the intersection of the respective missions of the Adam Institute for Urban Teaching and School Practice and Hiatt Center for Urban Education to support the development and understanding of practice, and aligns with the emphasis at Clark on socially engaged learning and on connecting learning to practice.

Graduate Program Requirements

Complete nine (9) course units preapproved by the Education Chair (or a Co-Chair) and a faculty mentor distributed as follows:

• 4-5 Education courses overlapped with the Master of Arts in Teaching program
• 1-2 directed study (EDUC 399 ) courses matched to the teacher’s curriculum or practice
• 2 or more Education courses focused on teacher research
• Teacher Research Project and Presentation over a period of at least one year (comparable to a master’s thesis), including a public presentation of the work

Education Faculty and Staff

Education Graduate Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

• EDUC 301 - Special Topics in Math
• EDUC 308 - Literacy Across the Curriculum
• EDUC 311 - Teaching and Learning, Part I
• EDUC 327 - Culture, Language and Education
• EDUC 329 - Graphic Novels in the Classroom
• EDUC 338 - Literary Non-Fiction
• EDUC 352 - Ethnography at School
• EDUC 359 - Teaching and Learning, Part II
• EDUC 360 - Literacy Development
• EDUC 361 - Human Development and Learning
• EDUC 362 - Teaching and Learning, Part III
• EDUC 367 - Clinical Experience I (Elementary)
• EDUC 370 - Teaching for Powerful Learning
• EDUC 371 - Inquiry for Powerful Learning
• EDUC 378 - Practicum: Middle-School
• EDUC 379 - Practicum: Secondary Education
• EDUC 380 - Teaching English Language Learners
• EDUC 381 - Critical Pedagogies
• EDUC 383 - Ways of Knowing in History (Elementary)
• EDUC 384 - Ways of Knowing in the Humanities (Elementary)
• EDUC 386 - Ways of Knowing in the Physical and Natural Sciences (Elementary, Middle/Secondary)
• EDUC 387 - Ways of Knowing in Mathematics (Elementary, Middle/Secondary)
• EDUC 388 - Practicum: Elementary Teaching/Learning
• EDUC 399 - Directed Readings — Graduate