Psychology for Teachers
The master's specialization in Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences (formerly called Academic Educational Psycholgoy) has four areas of concentration: College Teaching, Cultural Perspectives on Schooling, Individualized Studies, and Psychology for Teachers.
The Psychology for Teachers concentration is intended for practicing teachers who wish to know more about the psychology of their students (and their families) or of their teaching, or who wish to take advanced degrees for career advancement. Courses will give them a more thorough grounding in research and application of Educational Psychology than is represented in the undergraduate program, especially for those who chose alternative certification. Most courses could be completed either in the summer or late afternoons/early evenings to accommodate a teacher’s schedule.
This concentration is for certified teachers or those wanting to enhance their prospects of getting hired as K-12 teachers. This would also be useful for charter school teachers or alternative certification teachers who want to get a deeper understanding of learning and motivation for teaching.
Required Courses
A. Foundation courses: 21 hours
- EDP ___ Introduction to Statistics;
- EDP ___ Measurement & Evaluation;
- EDP ___ Child and Adolescent Cognitive and Social Development;
- EDP ___ Individual in Society OR
EDP ___ Multicultural Issues in the Schools; - EDP ___ Psychology of Learning;
- EDP ___ Motivation and Emotion;
- EDP ___ Instructional Psychology
B. Electives: 6 hours (any 2 courses in EDP chosen to reflect or supplement teaching emphasis)
C. Out-of-department courses: 6 hours (chosen to reflect or supplement teaching emphasis)
D. For students opting for the MA as opposed to the MEd degree: two additional courses are required (7 hours): Experimental Design and Statistical Inference (4 hours) AND either Correlation and Regression or an approved research design course (3 hours)
E. Students opting for an MEd or an MA with portfolio will complete the appropriate coursework (above), produce a portfolio, and graduate with no report/thesis.
F. Students opting for an MEd or an MA with report will complete 3 hours of Master’s Report. Students opting for an MA with thesis will complete 6 hours of Master’s Thesis (taken as 3 hours in two semesters)
Total hours:
MA with thesis: 46
MA with report: 43
MA with portfolio: 40
MEd with report: 36
MEd with portfolio: 33