Mathematics Education, Certification (7-12)

About the Program

This program enables teachers, administrators, and other formal and non-formal educators at all grade levels to enact meaningful mathematics teaching and learning in all possible learning environments. Interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approaches are used to support rich mathematical investigations and to implement challenging curricular structures that exceed state and local standards and objectives.

The program is suitable for elementary, middle and high school teachers and administrators who want to specialize in mathematics education, those who work in educational agencies and curriculum development, community college instructors, and others who are interested in the best mathematics education practices for all students.

Requirements

Pennsylvania Instructional Teacher Certification. NOTE: Certification Analysis Sheet for background requirements.

• ED 503 General Foundations of Education in the U.S. (3 credits)
• ED 512 Differentiating Instruction in the Inclusion Classroom (3 credits)
• ED 523 The Teacher and the Classroom, Secondary (3 credits)
• ED 526B Learning and Assessment in Secondary Mathematics (3 credits)
• ED 565B Computers and Technology in Mathematics Education (3 credits)
• ED 606 Strategic Instruction for Emergent and Content Literacy, K-6 (3 credits)
• ED606S Lab
• ED 622 ESL: Teaching Multilingual and Multicultural Literacies (3 credits)

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• ED 471 Graduate Student Teaching, Secondary (6 credits) (credits not applicable to master’s degree or culminating activity) 

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• ED 583B Fieldwork (3 credits) (for students holding a valid Pennsylvania Instructional I or II certificate; credits not applicable to master’s degree)