Courses toward the M.Ed. degree are offered one weekend a month. Courses will be offered at the Catholic College of Mandeville. The community meets a total of 20 weekends in consecutive semesters. A semester includes four or five monthly weekend sessions with time between to apply program learning into classroom practices. The curriculum is integrated around teacher self-study of their: 1) inner life of beliefs, visions, goals, hopes and dreams; 2) instructional practices; 3) knowledge in the discipline(s); 4) creation of a productive and caring learning environment; and 5) use of assessment as a tool to promote
student learning. The self-study process is anchored by action research embedded in the learner’s work in their classroom. The assessment process focuses on promoting learner growth through alignment of instruction and assessment with research-based practices in education. |
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