Education Core

• SED ED 634: Teaching and Learning Elementary Science
  Examines the role of inquiry in science teaching and learning using some basic concepts of physical science including properties of materials and motion of objects. Engages students in at-home inquiry investigations with liquids, states of matter, and force and motion. Introduces issues related to teaching and learning in elementary classrooms. 3 cr.
• SED ED 636: Sci Inq in Act
  
• SED ED 655: Capstone: Care and Education
  Reflect on teaching and learning throughout program. Complete portfolio evidence of having met the Wheelock College Education Standards. Analyze issues related to educational philosophies, public policy, leadership in the field, and societal pressures affecting children and families. Present portfolios orally to faculty and practitioners. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
• SED ED 682: Portfolio Development: IESE
  Develop performance assessment portfolio demonstrating competence in Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL) in Communication and Literacy, General Curriculum (sub-tests I and II), and Foundations of Reading. (Old course# SPE 680 Portfolio Devt: Special Education). 1 cr.
• SED ED 702: Early Car IL
  Reflect on teaching and learning throughout program. Complete portfolio evidence of having met the Wheelock College Education Standards. Analyze issues related to educational philosophies, public policy, leadership in the field, and societal pressures affecting children and families. Present portfolios orally to faculty and practitioners. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
• SED ED 703: Intellectual History of Education: Plato, Rousseau, James and Lewis
  Readings in and discussion of The Republic, Emile, Talks with Teachers, and The Abolition of Man? Intended to introduce doctoral students to the thinking and writing about significant issues in education with conceptual sophistication. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED ED 704: Capstone: Educational Studies
  Enables candidates to construct and defend web-based program exit portfolios demonstrating achievement of the Wheelock Education Standards. Seminar provides collaborative space to share artifacts and drafts of analytic/reflective essays. Selected educational policies are discussed. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
• SED ED 736: Imp Rdg Inst 2
  
• SED ED 800: Pro-Seminar in Educational Studies: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity
  This year-long doctoral pro-seminar consists of two four-credit courses: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity and Educational Foundations and Systems. It is required for students in their first year of doctoral program in Educational Studies. The course orients students to doctoral work in the School of Education, introduces major concepts and lenses that have shaped schooling and educational research, and foregrounds issues of equity and social justice. 4cr.
• SED ED 801: Pro-Seminar in Educational Studies: Educational Foundations and Systems
  This year-long doctoral pro-seminar consists of two four-credit courses: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity and Educational Foundations and Systems. It is required for students in their first year of doctoral program in Educational Studies. The course orients students to doctoral work in the School of Education, introduces major concepts and lenses that have shaped schooling and educational research, and foregrounds issues of equity and social justice. 4cr.
• SED ED 900: Qualifying Task
  
• SED ED 905: Writing for Pub
  
• SED ED 950: Continuing Study
  For EdM, CAGS, and EdD candidates who have completed all coursework and who are preparing for comprehensive examinations or dissertation hearings, or are completing theses. 0 cr.

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