Masters in Elementary Education (w/self-chosen minor)
At Texas State, we value a diversity of experiences and the experience of diversity. We use these values to build on our student's personal experiences to help them hone their educational expertise to better serve the students of Texas' schools. We are committed to helping current educators create personalized educational journeys that are based on human relationships and our shared passion: Leading the learning of the young.
If you are a certified teacher interested in:
...deepening your expertise in leading learning...
...seeking ways to defend students' right to build on their own experiences to use exploration as a learning tool...
...creating a curriculum to teach literacy, solve problems and create meaningful understandings of our physical and social worlds...
...utilizing your students' culturally honed problem-solving skills to master Texas' Essential Knowledge and Skills...
...designing a learning environment that truly honors and utilizes linguistic and cultural differences, while celebrating our diverse population...
...then the department of C&I at Texas State University can build on your skills to help you create change in schooling through its Master of Arts (MA) degree and Master of Education degree (MEd) programs in Elementary Education. Certified teachers in the field of Elementary Education can obtain a 36-hour MA, which includes 30 hours of coursework along with a guided, but self-selected, 6-hour research project and thesis; or seek an M.Ed. that includes 36 hours of coursework and no thesis.
Teach'em Up Cats!
-
Our Mission
The Master's program in Elementary Education within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction prepares working educators to identify, understand, and disrupt thinking that positions elementary students as having deficits in their capabilities or home lives, or as lacking in knowledge and skills. We work to disrupt this thinking in order to help our graduate students build classroom environments and curricula that utilize and celebrate the problem-solving, linguistic, and theory-building skills students learn at home (and in the languages of home). This commitment is in keeping with Texas State University's mission as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). We are committed to helping our graduate students be active in the mission of making schools "ready" for students, rather than expecting students to be "ready for school," based on a damaging definition of "readiness" that serves some but marginalizes others.
