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Education Minor Learning Outcomes
  • Examine the historical and philosophical origins of educational policies and practices and articulate how history and philosophy shape current future educational policies and practices.
  • Analyze issues and practices in today’s educational systems and understand their relationship to other social systems.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of major global issues and intercultural understanding related to education.
  • Understand and analyze how race, class, ethnicity, exceptionality, religion, and culture intersect with educational issues, in order to use this understanding in dialogue with others.
  • Plan learning experiences to accommodate learning differences and student diversity (e.g., cultural, racial, and social diversity) in and outside of the classrooms.
School of Education Undergraduate Program Learning Outcomes
  • Candidates demonstrate competence in their respective content areas and/or area of certification in combination with competence in liberal arts and sciences
  • Candidates engage in reflective practice in their coursework and experiences in the field.
  • Candidates demonstrate knowledge of research-based teaching practices appropriate to their content area and proficiency with a variety of effective instructional methodologies.
  • Candidates demonstrate knowledge of research-based teaching practices appropriate to their content area and proficiency with a variety of effective instructional methodologies.
  • In acknowledgement of the impact of diversity on student learning and behavior, candidates address socio-cultural differences, differentiate instruction, and create modifications appropriate for the academic, motivational, behavioral and interest needs of students.
  • Candidates use technology for administrative and instructional tasks.
  • Candidates plan effective instruction, learning experiences, and school and classroom environments that allow all students to achieve.
  • Candidates demonstrate leadership in collaborating with colleagues, families and students in responding to real life problems in a multicultural society.