Elementary Education - Bowie State University

Elementary Education from Bowie State University is a Campus Master Elementary Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. The concentration area of Elementary Education is designed to serve those elementary school teachers who wish to remain in the classroom as master teachers. Some Elementary Education graduates go on to become mentor teachers. The 30-hour program consists of 24 hours of core content and six (6) hours of electives from professional areas. The graduate elementary education student will: 1. Identify, develop, and demonstrate knowledge of instructional best practices in the field of elementary education. 2. Demonstrate and articulate an increased comprehension of the psychological foundations and their implications for education , as applied to current educational problems. 3. Demonstrate research knowledge and skills necessary to plan and complete a seminar paper as defined by Bowie State University . 4. Demonstrate competence in the management and use of information systems and computers. 5. Identify and assess programs, which have been shown to be effective in working with handicapped, high-risk, and other categories of diverse students. 6. Understand and apply state and national standards, as espoused by the Learned Societies, to all areas of the curriculum. 7. Understand and apply the five Core Propositions advocated by the National board of Professional Teaching Standards, throughout the curriculum. 8. Understand Best Practice in the area of performance assessment in all content area curricula. 9. Understand current brain research as it relates to teaching and learning. 10. Demonstrate high levels of the professional knowledge and dispositions that are embedded within the graduate program and that allow functioning as academic scholars and effective practitioners. View more details on Bowie State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Elementary Education courses.