Curriculum
The M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum consists of 45 credits in the following areas: seven core courses, two research courses and a concentration of six courses in one of the approved areas.
Concentration Courses – 18 credits
Students choose from the following concentration options with the approval of a graduate academic advisor and the program director:
- Science of Instruction
- Educational Administration
- Global and International
- Instructional Technology
- Higher Education
- Customized Concentration (including other Drexel academic departments)
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Course Descriptions
EDUC 530 — Advanced Techniques in Instruction and Assessment
Major professional and educational issues associated with college teaching are addressed. Provides multiple opportunities to develop and enhance teaching skills, as well as exposure to alternative assessment.
EDUC 533 —Virtual Learning
Examines the inpact of distance learning and multimedia technologies on the educational systems of teachers, administrators, librarians, and other professionals in schools responsibility for technology and professional development. Online discussion groups, video conferencing, and Web-based instruction will be used to form a virtual learning community.
EDUC 537 — Learning Disabilities II
The courses focuses on how to manage instruction for students with special needs in the inclusive classroom.
EDUC 608 — Intercultural Learner
This course explores the needs, experiences, values, and beliefs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners and their families and communities. Building home/school relations and adapting and supporting curriculum through school services will be a focus. For a practicum, participants will engage in a case study of an English language learner.
EDUC 714 — Instructional and Curricular Leadership
In this course, students will examine the relationship between school culture and classroom instruction. Students will study the five fundamental tasks of instructional leadership (direct assistance, group development, professional development, curriculum development, and action research). Students will also investigate effective classroom observation methods.
EDUC 803 —Educational Research Design I
Introduces students to research design paradigms and the assumptions behind them, use of the literature, developing research questions, qualitative and quantitative procedures, and research study formats.
EDUC 804 — Studying Educational Organizations and Programs
Covers the differences between evaluation and other disciplines; how to design an evaluation framework to work with; transformations in evaluation; new methodological approaches, including performance measurement; and issues that evaluators must deal with.
EDUC 810 — Educational Research Design II
The course builds upon Educational Research Design I and focuses on five main themes: research design, sampling design, data collection, data analysis, and reporting research results using educational applications.
EDUC 813 — Educational Issues Seminar
Examines current issues in public education, including school community, staff relations, integrating educational innovation, negotiating the bureaucracy, public charter schools, and urban education.
