All students majoring in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education are required to have an additional major. This second major is a requirement for licensure as a teacher. It also adds valuable academic preparation for a wide variety of professional options. Beginning in the freshman year, students observe and participate in classrooms in local schools. These real-classroom experiences, done in conjunction with university course work, help students integrate educational theory, research, and classroom practice.
Technology is integrated throughout the programs to support students' learning.
Students have a variety of opportunities to study abroad . For example, as a culminating experience, education majors have the opportunity to complete part of their student teaching during a summer in Cambridge, England at Homerton College, and the remaining part in the Nashville area. Faculty academic advisors meet with students each semester to monitor and support students' progress through their programs of study. Faculty Faculty within the Department of Teaching and Learning are involved in a variety of research projects that are having national impact. The department is known for work in several areas, including mathematics and science education, language and literacy, and work in classroom environments and management.