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2015-16 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-16 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning, Early and Middle Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts Concentration, M.Ed.


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Beverly Boulware, Program Director
(615) 904-8243
Beverly.Boulware@mtsu.edu

The Master of Education in Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning (M.Ed.) with a concentration in Early and Middle Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts is offered through the Regent’s Online Degree Program (RODP) and is delivered following the standard protocol established for the delivery of RODP courses and programs. The mission of this program is to provide advanced professional preparation in the area of reading and language arts for practicing teachers.

Admission Requirements


Students seeking admission to the Master of Education program are expected to score at least 380 on the Miller Analogies Test or 281 (current scale) or 700 (former scale) on the Graduate Record Examination or the minimum on a National Teachers Examination that meets Tennessee licensure standards.

Candidates must hold a current teaching license.

Application Procedures


All application materials are to be submitted to the College of Graduate Studies.

Applicant must

  1. submit an application with the appropriate application fee (online at www.mtsu.edu/graduate/apply.php);
  2. submit official scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Principles of Learning and Teaching Exam (PRAXIS II), or Miller Analogies Test (MAT);
  3. submit official transcripts of all previous college work.

Degree Requirements


The major in Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning with a Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts concentration requires completion of a total of 33 hours.

Students must maintain a portfolio throughout the M.Ed. program.

Candidates must successfully complete a written comprehensive exam to be taken in the last semester of coursework (may be taken no more than twice).

Curriculum: Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning, Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts


 Candidate must complete 33 hours in the following course of study:

Required Courses (15 hours)


  • ASTL 6700 - Portfolio Development 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6701 - Teacher as Learner 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6721 - Theory and Foundation of Developmental Literacy (Literacy I) 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6703 - Knowledge of the Learner 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6723 - Understanding and Implementing Best Practices in Teaching Beginning Literacy (Literacy II) 3 credit hours

Specialized Core (18 hours)


  • ASTL 6705 - Assessment of Learning 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6706 - Learning Strategies/Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6725 - Understanding and Implementing Best Practices for Continued Literacy Growth in the Middle Grades (Literacy III) 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6726 - Diagnosing Literacy Problems K-8 (Literacy IV) 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6709 - Action Research 3 credit hours
  • ASTL 6729 - Remediation of Literacy Problems K-8 (Literacy V) 3 credit hours

Program Notes


For more information, refer to the RODP website at www.rodp.org.

Candidate must

  1. file a degree plan in the College of Graduate Studies prior to the completion of 21 semester hours credit;
  2. file a Notice of Intent to Graduate form in the College of Graduate Studies within the first two weeks of the term in which the student intends to graduate.

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