The new conceptual framework for Education is “The Professional Educator as an Effective Performer, Reflective Decision-maker and Humanistic Practitioner.” The overall goals of the M.Ed. Programs are (a) to produce elementary and secondary teachers and counselors competent in their academic specialties and/or teaching areas and (b) to imbue all graduates with a thorough understanding of the historical, philosophical, developmental, humanistic, research, and quantitative bases of public education. To meet subject-matter objectives, graduates of the various subject-matter areas, applicable to their particular disciplines, will be able to do the following:
- Teach or perform effectively in the areas of specialty to the range of students in a multicultural society;
- Carry out the role and function of a secondary of elementary teacher or specialist in the subject-matter areas;
- Apply the basic concepts of human development and individual differences in providing for the individual needs of the broad array of students in their settings;
- Interpret and use properly the results of standardized measures of academic achievement in their classrooms and in the overall school environment;
- Apply the methodology of the subject-matter area in planning, designing, and delivering classroom instruction
- Apply the principles of effective educational measurement in diagnosing and meeting student needs and in evaluating individual and group performance in the school setting;
- Demonstrate fundamental laboratory techniques where applicable;
- Demonstrate skill in applying scientific methodology and research findings to a particular subject matter;
- Apply the principles of effective classroom management and discipline in a democratic environment involving, appropriately, parents, students, and administrators; and
- Use reflective decision making in order to perform at the highest scholarly and professional levels expected of holders of the Master of Education degree.