EDUC 6030  Problems in Reading
(3)
A study of reading problems encountered in public education. This course addresses reading skill development in special populations including those with limited English abilities, problems in content reading assignments, and non-readers in the secondary school setting. Special attention is given to developing strategies for teaching reading and writing to readers at various skill levels. Students from the MAT and MED
program will work together in developing resources for effective teaching based on the Georgia QCC objectives and standards from IRA and NCTE.

EDUC 6045  Curriculum Studies
(3)
This course provides candidates with an overview of the theories and models that have shaped the way curricula have developed and the way processes, tools, and applications affect instructional practices. The course examines current educational issues that continue to shape curriculum and instruction in our schools through a historical lens to explain why educational practices are as they are today. The course includes primary research with historical material.

EDUC 6060  Literature Across the Curriculum
(3)
This course is designed to examine literature genres and current trends in children's and adolescents' literature with special focus on integrating the curriculum through books. Some emphasis will be placed on ways to select books wisely for instruction, pleasure, and enrichment. Other components include designing lessons and instructional resources using Georgia QCC objectives, award winning books, and standards from IRA and NCTE

EDUC 6070  School Law and Contemporary Issues in Curriculum and Instruction
(3)
This course focuses primarily on how the courts affect curriculum and explores issues in curriculum and instruction from an educational literature perspective. Students will investigate curriculum theory, development, implementation, and evaluation as well as local and national standards. Students will utilize texts and professional journals to become knowledgeable practitioners with regard to curriculum and instruction.

EDUC 6080  Differentiated Instruction and Student Diversity
(3)
This course examines how schools implement organizational and teaching practices that support the democratic values of liberty, individual freedom, justice, fairness and the issues of equality and equal opportunity in American schools. Teachers will be introduced to new methods of differentiating instruction and will examine current research in the areas of teaching and learning. They will maintain a reflective log
recording their implementation of differentiated instructional strategies.

EDUC 6090  Research and Project Preparation
(3)
This course focuses upon theory, methods, and basics of educational research. Students explore the inquiry process, fundamental statistics, and consider issues of reliability and validity. Use of Galileo, references and resources, statement of a problem, expression of hypotheses, research design, organizing the review of literature, gathering data, basic statistical analysis of data, reporting and discussing findings, and drawing conclusions are components of the course. Candidates will consider research opportunities for their Graduate Project or thesis.

EDUC 6100  Theories of Constructivist Learning
(3)
This course is based on developmental, social and cultural theories for cognitive, emotional and moral growth. From a multicultural perspective, the course will focus on the ways in which individual development is shaped both by biological and environmental forces within specific social contexts.

EDUC 6200  Directed Research Seminar
(3)
Designed to meet individual needs of graduate students who are preparing their thesis or graduate field project. This course is generally taken during the Interim term.

EDUC 6300  Thesis or Graduate Field Project Seminar
(3)
Working under the guidance of the candidate's chair, this course is taken during the semester in which the candidate plans to defend her or his thesis or graduate project.