Secondary Education - Maharishi University of Management

Secondary Education from Maharishi University of Management is a Campus Master Secondary Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. This program prepares students for careers as teachers of single subjects in the secondary school. After only two semesters of coursework, including 18 weeks of student teaching , you qualify for an Iowa Teaching license and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree . Our teacher education programs are approved by the State of Iowa and incorporate all regional and national standards. But only in this program can you become an expert in Consciousness-Based education, a thoroughly researched, systematic approach to the development of every student's health and full mental abilities. This approach awakens your students' total brain potential, so that they are naturally focused and eager to learn. The expansion of students' creative intelligence sets them on a path of growing happiness and achievement. Students who wish to teach at the secondary level must have completed a major in the subject they wish to teach. Subjects for which our teacher education program prepares students for initial licensure are: art, English, mathematics, biology, business, general science, physics and chemistry. Students have the option of student teaching in Iowa or another state, and also of completing the majority of their coursework through distance education. An entering class begins each February, with graduation the following January. Learn the science and art of teaching . Candidates learn through the science of teaching all the major factors known to affect learning and growth. They also have many opportunities to practice the art of teaching , through which they use their unique talents to promote student growth. Develop creativity and organizing power. According to extensive published research, regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, the core technology of Consciousness-Based education , enables individuals to grow in health, intelligence, organizational efficiency, and creative problem solving ability ? all vital for teachers. Become a holistic educator. All learning involves three elements primarily: 1) the learner; 2) the process of learning; and 3) the knowledge being learned. Most teacher education programs focus on the second two of these. In this program you gain experience and knowledge of all three. Learn to teach in accord with the way the brain works. Candidates understand from neuroscience how the brain learns, how it develops, and what teachers can do to facilitate these processes. Employ the latest and most appropriate technology in the classroom. Candidates learn to use a variety of new and familiar technologies for the communication and presentation of knowledge. Practice teach in a field-based methods course. Before candidates are given responsibility for their own classroom, they log over 80 hours of supervised field experience in real classrooms, including half a day every day during an eight-week teaching methods course. View more details on Maharishi University of Management . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Secondary Education courses.