This course is offered through the Master of Arts in Education program for workshop credit to area teachers seeking professional development hours. Topics vary according to interest or need. Each course is usually held on a single weekend. Designed for practicing teachers who are interested in integrating children s and adolescent literature across the curriculum. Picture books through novels are read, with art as well as text explored.
Students uncover and investigate themes that surface again and again throughout history.
Topics change so that the course may be repeated. Students apply for approval from the director of the MAEd program by completing an independent study form. Course content rotates among visual art, music and drama with specific topics changing as the course is offered. May be repeated. Students explore a selected era or theme in American history, delving into its political, social and cultural milieu with a particular focus on cultural expression.