MAT Public Elementary Program Requirements


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Summer 1 (June 22 - July 24)

  • Welcome
  • Theme: Purposes of public education in a democracy
  • Central Seminar: Foundations of Education (ED 264)
  • Themes and undertakings: What is educative experience? Disciplines of observation, interpretation, description.  Teaching as principled practice...problems of practice...practices to practice.
  • Field experience: Marking Art (ED 264)
  • Teaching & learning Reading (ED 107)
  • Field experience: Practicum Reading (Waltham public schools) (ED 107)
  • Teaching Mathematics (ED 262)
  • Project: Teaching Portfolios

Fall (August 26 - December 23)

  • Theme: Purposes of public education in a democracy
  • Class: Central Seminar: (Fundamentals of Teaching, ED 267a)
  • Project: Child Study
  • Themes and undertakings: What is educative experience? Disciplines of observation, interpretation, description.  Teaching as principled practice...problems of practice...practices to practice.
  • Field experience: Internship (2 days/week - 4 days/week - 5 days/week - 21/2 days/week). Lead Teaching "Mini placement" (ED 265a&b)
  • Class: Pedagogy & Curriculum of Literacy & Social Studies (ED 101)
  • Theme and project: Learning to Plan and Planning to Learn
  • Class: Psychology of Student Learning (ED 157)
  • Class: Elective (as advised)
  • Advisory
  • Project: Teaching Portfolios
Spring (January 3 - June 24: probable)
  • Theme: Purposes of public education in a democracy
  • Class: Central Seminar (Fundamentals of Teaching, ED 267b)
  • Themes and undertakings: What is educative experience? Disciplines of observation, interpretation, description.  Teaching as principled practice...problems of practice...practices to practice.
  • Field experience: Internship (2 days/week - 4 days/week - 5 days/week - 21/2 days/week). Lead Teaching "Mini placement" (ED 265a&b)
  • Class: Reflective Teaching (ED 263)
  • Theme and project: Learning to Plan and Planning to Learn
  • Class: Inquiry-based Science Teaching & Learning (ED 261)
  • Classroom-based research project - Research Presentations
  • Project: Teaching Portfolios

Summer II (June 30 - July 30, probable)

  • Teaching Diverse Learners (ED 260)
  • Themes and undertakings: What is educative experience? Disciplines of observation, interpretation, description.  Teaching as principled practice...problems of practice...practices to practice.
  • Module: Looking ahead to Sept.
  • Theme and project: Learning to Plan and Planning to Learn
  • Class: Teacher Research (ED 266)
  • Classroom-based research project - Research Presentations
  • GRADUATION!

Post-grad

Induction Program (Individual and group advising and support)