The goals of the Elementary Teaching concentration are to help students become skilled and committed educators and to improve conditions for teaching and learning in elementary schools. This concentration prepares students to earn a State of Illinois type 03 teaching certificate for grades K-9, which is required for work in Illinois public schools. Students may also pursue a middle-school endorsement on the Illinois type 03 certificate. Please click here for further information on teacher certification. Core courses are taken by students in all concentrations in the MSEd Program.
Students learn in small groups and reflect on their own and children's learning.
Pedagogical contexts for the mathematical concepts are provided so students can reconstruct their mathematical understanding. Review of research on children's conceptions of various mathematics topics, leading to a fuller comprehension of teaching and learning mathematics. Societal structures that organize, supply, and channel individual learning experiences and how they provide the formal and informal settings in which social interaction takes place. How participation in these socializing settings molds the development of individuals' capacities and forms their goals. Conducted in conjunction with the 235-481 Internship.