Academic Programs - Doctoral Program in Educational Theory and Practice (ETAP)
Teacher Education
This Ph.D. emphasis area is designed for those who seek to engage in research on or within the contexts of teacher education. Teacher education occurs as formal and alternative preparation programs, as in-service professional development and continuing education experiences as well as within mentoring and supervision relationships that bridge across university and Prek-12 settings. Students pursuing an emphasis in Teacher Education will explore teacher education as it manifests in these multiple and varied contexts, by engaging in ongoing practice of, reflection on, study of, and collaborative sense making about teacher education in its many forms. Faculty working within this emphasis area are committed to being and preparing teachers to be advocates for children, for communities, for learning and for their profession.
This emphasis area situates teacher education amid institutional, discursive, socio-cultural and political contexts that continuously shape and reshape the meanings and purposes ascribed to it. Graduates of this emphasis area are prepared for careers as aspiring and practicing teacher educators, instructional coaches, administrators, supervisors, and university faculty.
Required Courses (10 credits)
- ESOC 9600: (3) Pedagogies of Teacher Education.
- ESSE 9010: (3) Diversity and Democracy in Teacher Education.
- EDEC 8180: (3) Research in Multicultural Teacher Education.
- ESSE 9140: Teaching Internship (1 credit)
4 elective courses (12 credits)
These courses may be selected from offerings either inside or outside the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education. Because of the interdisciplinary focus of teacher education, most doctoral students in this emphasis area will be encouraged to take courses outside of the department of elementary and social studies education. The elective courses will be decided based upon the scholarly interests of the student and in collaboration with the major advisor. Examples of these elective courses include but are not limited to courses in mathematics education, science education, language and literacy education, special education, adult education, gifted and creative education, educational psychology, philosophy, instructional technology, educational administration and policy. Such courses include:
- EMAT 8020: Advanced Study of Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Education
- EMAT 7200: Mentoring in Mathematics Education
- SPED 9940: College Teaching in Special Education
- ESCI 9730: Science Teacher Education: Theory and Practice
- EADU 8090: Adult Development and Instruction
- LLED 7035: Coaching for Teacher Change
- WFED 7480: Reflective Practice Among Teachers
- EDAP 8150: Learning Communities and Professional Development
Core faculty: Martha Allexsaht-Snider, Jennifer James, Lew Allen, Gayle Andrews, Betty Bisplinghoff, Ronald Butchart, Janna Dresden, James Garrett, Amy Parks, Bettina Love, Katherine Thompson
