Master of Education [M.Ed] [Teaching Concentration in Secondary Social Studies] From American Public University

 In this program you will:

• Develop skills necessary to assist your students to work independently and collaboratively
• Learn to create and deliver lesson segments and develop curriculum
• Investigate technology as a tool for enhancing and developing student learning in the 21st century classroom
• Discover the classroom management skills used in maintaining a positive and constructive classroom climate
• Examine the theoretical and applied aspects of learning, motivation, and human development in the educational setting
• Complete on-site observations in a secondary school location near you

Degree Program Objectives

This program seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Apply the central concepts, tools of inquiry, structures, contemporary theories, and paradigms in education that develop a classroom climate to enhance the social, emotional, physical, and psychological aspects of students.
• Create lesson segments that reflect theory and practice.
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing when interacting with pupils, parents, teachers, and other school personnel.
• Design performance-based assessments, instruction, evaluation, and intervention plans.
• Use media and technology as tools for professional development and to promote student learning.
• Adjust teaching style and strategies without influence of bias to meet the needs of students regardless of cultural background, ethnicity, gender, learning style, at-risk condition, and/or disability.
• Model professionalism and high ethical standards in the classroom and develop appropriate strategies for self-evaluation as a means of assessing one’s own professionalism and teaching effectiveness.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill in classroom management and discipline using effective means to develop and maintain a positive classroom climate.