Elementary Education
Ready to be a leader in education?
The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Elementary Education provides graduate students with the advanced knowledge, skills, and dispositions to further their teaching and learning as an elementary teacher in an elementary school setting. The master’s degree provides a research-based curriculum that emphasizes advanced instructional practices, curriculum design, elementary school trends and issues, and child development.
Program Outcomes
The Elementary Education Master’s Program will align to the CAEP (Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation) standards.
- Synthesize current teaching practices linked to understandings of child development to plan and implement inclusive learning experiences connected to elementary education (CAEP 1, InTASC 1)
- Analyze and apply current content teaching practices and curricular development in relation to research in elementary education (CAEP 2, InTASC 4)
- Evaluate and design elementary education classroom management practices and the learning environment (CAEP 3, InTASC 3)
- Investigate and compare current teaching trends and issues related to elementary education, teaching, and learning (CAEP 4, InTASC 8)
- Collaborate with communities of support to enhance individual student learning within elementary education (CAEP 5, InTASC 10)
- Critique and integrate technology to facilitate elementary education learning through authentic, learner-driven activities (CAEP 3, InTASC 6)
Required - 15 hours
Enrichment
Enrichment - 9 hours (students will select 9 hours from the courses listed)
- ECED 5563 - Fostering Belonging in Early Childhood Education
- ECED 5763 - Classroom Management for Early Childhood
- EDUC 5403 - Fundamentals of Curriculum Development I
- EDUC 5463 - Differentiated Instructional Strategies
- EDUC 5483 - Advanced Educational Measurements
- EDUC 5683 - Brain-Based Learning
- ENGL 5133 - Teaching English in Secondary Schools
- ENGL 5143 - Advanced Composition for Teachers
- ENGL 5630 - Seminar in English Studies I
- LIBM 5023 - Advanced Materials for Children
- LIBM 5313 - Advanced Materials for Young Adults
- LIBM 5513 - Information Resources and Services
- MATH 5513 - Technology in Mathematics
- READ 5113 - Emergent & Early Literacy Development
- READ 5223 - Intermediate/Middle School/High School Reading Instruction
- READ 5463 - Science of Reading: Foundations of Literacy
- SPED 5263 - Assistive Technology Strategies and Universal Design for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- SPED 5303 - Positive Behavioral Supports for Students with ASD
- SPED 5323 - Response to Intervention and Assessment of Students with ASD
Degree Available At
- Tahlequah
- Online
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Program Chair:
Dr. Brandy-Lea McCombs
mccombsb@nsuok.edu
918-449-6535
Program Requirements
- 3.0 GPA
Application Deadline
- Open Year Round
*Fees include: facility fee, student activity fee, infrastructure fee, cultural/scholastic lecturer fee, student ID fee, technology services fee and remedial course fee, if applicable. NSU courses taught at off campus locations or online might have additional fees assessed. These totals are tuition and fee estimations per program based on the current catalog year. Books, supplies and some fees may not be included.
Minority Students
$48,195,863
Total Aid Disbursed in 2020-2021
1,471
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