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PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITES
Degrees, Workshops, Certificates and Materials
At California State
Polytechnic University at Pomona the theory behind City Building Education
is the basis for courses that form the foundation for a Master's Degree
program in Education and an Online Certificate Program.
*Master of Arts
Degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction - Elementary and Secondary:
Design and Creativity: Applying Technology.
BENEFITS
- for K through
12 teachers
- project based,
classroom practice replaces a theoretical thesis
- cohort groups
continue together as a support group throughout the program
- meets at a local
school board district rather than at Cal Poly Pomona campus
- takes two years
or less
- develops high
level thinking and reasoning that improves academic performance in
reading, math, language, science and social science basic skills
- targets multiple
learning modalities and creativity
- integrates technology
through design-based learning
- unifies and organized
the curriculum with a physical 3D learning project
- gives students
experience with how things operate together to make a community
- provides tangible
evaluation techniques
MA
COURSES
- Core Courses - 20 Units:
Teacher as Designer
Part I
GED 540 - 4 units
Studies processes and transformations that lead to the creation of
the physical environment through a teaching method known as City Building
Education. Explored are curriculum uses, practical examples and guidebooks
of how to integrate subjects from various State Curriculum Frameworks.
Teacher as Designer
Part II
GED 541 - 4 units
Continues Part I isolating and making explicit transformations associated
with intuition and leaps of insight which produce solutions to environmental
dilemmas. Topics include non-specific transfer of learning among spatial,
visual, aural, and written domains around thinking skills found in
design professions.
Making Curriculum
Physical
GED 547 - 4 units
Studies processes, tools, and techniques used to visualize, display,
and organize information . Provides practice with a variety of mechanisms
and methods for envisioning basic curriculum and linking it to any
subject matter.
The School, Classroom
and Curriculum
GED 548 - 4 units
Design and organization of the classroom and the school facility,
as a response to the classroom curriculum. Provides practice in relating
the curriculum to physical spaces.
Computers and
the Creative Process
GED 549 - 4 units
Combines the physical world and computers to amplify creative thinking
and the living environment. Explores the relationship between the
environment and advanced computer-based technologies as a basis for
development of design and creative thinking in the classroom instruction
process.
BASIC
COURSES
- 25 Units:
- Tests, Measurements,
Evaluation
- Seminar in Education
Research
- Directed Study
- Introduction
to Research
- Masters Degree
Project
CURRICULUM
LAYOUT
For more information
about the MA program, and to join a cohort group, call: (310) 471-0090
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