Curriculum and Instruction
Elevate your education career with an online Ed.S. program. Ideal for principals, superintendents, post-secondary teachers, and others.
Curriculum and Instruction, Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process Concentration, Ed.S.
100% ONLINE! The MTSU Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree Major in Curriculum and Instruction offers a Concentration in Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process (CC/LP). This unique 30-hour, online degree program provides students with an opportunity to consider the impact and influence of educational neuroscience, cultural circumstances, and psychology on teaching and learning.
Every year more and more cultural diversity is present within public schools. Current educational research into cognition considers diversity and its impact upon teaching and learning.
Smells, memories, pain, learning—all these experiences and many more are made possible by just three pounds of tissue in our heads—the brain! This program is for all who would like to learn more about cultural diversity, mental processes, and cognitive/educational neuroscience and their impact on the exciting world of teaching and learning. What makes learning harder or easier? What actually is learning? What really happens when people learn? Should educators know something about the brains of the students sitting in their classrooms and what is happening—or not—and possible explanations about how this exciting mental process is occurring? This online degree program provides students with an opportunity to consider the impact and influence of educational neuroscience, cultural circumstances, and psychology on teaching and on learning in general.
*All students must be admitted to the . All coursework is delivered via the Desire to Learn (D2L) course management system. Have questions about this program? Email the Program Coordinator, [email protected].
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MTSU education professor Barbara Young has over 50 years of experience in the field of education, more than 30 of them spent on the Blue Raider campus. With this depth of educational knowledge, Young saw an opportunity to create and direct a unique, graduate-level program that would offer high quality online instruction and address the
There’s a specialized program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ that is preparing educators to learn more deeply about … learning. It’s the Specialist in Education, or Ed.S., degree in curriculum and instruction that explores cultural diversity, mental processes, and cognitive neuroscience and their impact on the exciting world of teaching and learning. Tabetha Sullens, a
News Briefs
MTSU education professor Barbara Young has over 50 years of experience in the field of education, more than 30 of them spent on the Blue Raider campus. With this depth of educational knowledge, Young saw an opportunity to create and direct a unique, graduate-level program that would offer high quality online instruction and address the
There’s a specialized program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ that is preparing educators to learn more deeply about … learning. It’s the Specialist in Education, or Ed.S., degree in curriculum and instruction that explores cultural diversity, mental processes, and cognitive neuroscience and their impact on the exciting world of teaching and learning. Tabetha Sullens, a
Curriculum and Instruction, Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process Concentration, Ed.S.
Every year more and more cultural diversity is present within society and the public school system. Current educational research into cognition and cultural issues considers this diversity and its impact upon the teaching and learning process. This online degree program provides educators and administrators, as well as all personnel involved in the educational arena, with an opportunity to study emerging research in cognition and to reflect upon the impact and influence that cultural circumstances have on learning and on teaching in general. Graduates are found in settings such as school systems, daycare facilities, and community centers in a variety of positions; examples include, but are not limited to the following:
- Administrators
- Counselors
- Educational support personnel
- ELL/ESL teachers
- Social workers
- Teacher aides
- Teachers
Employers of MTSU alumni in Tennessee include but are not limited to:
- Battleground Academy
- Bedford County Schools
- Coffee County Schools
- Franklin City Schools
- Franklin County Schools
- Hamilton County Schools
- Knox County Schools
- Memphis School District
- Metro/Davidson County Schools
- Murfreesboro City Schools
- Rutherford County Schools
- Tennessee Schools for the Deaf
- Tullahoma School District
- Wilson County Schools
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Applicants must have:
- an earned master's degree in any area from an accredited university or college required prior to admission application;
- a grade point average (GPA) in previous academic work that reflects potential for success in the Ed.S.
Overview
Thank you for your interest in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s (MTSU) Online Specialist in Education Degree (Ed.S.) program with a Concentration in Culture, Cognition, and Learning Process (CC/LP). The College of Education and Department of Educational Leadership and University College at Â鶹ÊÓƵ offers a 100% Online Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree with a major in Curriculum and Instruction and Concentration in Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process. This unique online graduate degree concentration provides students with an opportunity to consider the impact and influence of the Learning Sciences: educational neuroscience, educational research, psychology of human growth and development, and cultural circumstances on teaching and learning in general.
- Terminal degree awarded upon completion rather than +3o
- Recognized as terminal degree beyond the Master’s degree
- Test out the possibility of continuing forward to a PhD / EdS in Education
- May transfer 24 of 30 hours on to a doctoral program in education
- Thesis / Comprehensive exam is not required
- 100% established accredited online graduate program / MTSU University College and College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership
- May enter any semester – plan out individualized progress to graduation
- Courses are on a set rotation schedule
- Distinctive concentration differentiates this degree from other EdS degrees
- GRE / MAT not required for admission
- Teaching License not required for admission
- Master’s Degree from an accredited university is required for admission
- Letters of Recommendation not required
The MTSU Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree Major in Curriculum and Instruction offers a Concentration in Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process (CC/LP). This 30-hour degree program provides graduate students with an opportunity to consider the impact and influence of educational neuroscience and cultural circumstances on teaching and learning and life in general.
Why Pursue?
Cultural literacy and the contributions of neuroscience are of utmost importance to the field of education.
Educators and others do not work with students or colleagues in the workplace on a daily basis that have similar cultural or ethnic affiliations.
The Ed.S. interdisciplinary online graduate degree program provides an opportunity to address a plethora of diversity issues facing society today.
The Ed.S. online program’s flexibility, as well as the graduate-level program’s unique course of study, make it appealing to a diverse group of applicants.
Graduates are found in various settings such as Administrators, Counselors, Support Personnel Positions, ELL/ESL teachers, Social Workers, Teachers, and Ministers.
- Terminal degree awarded upon completion rather than +3o
- Test out possibility of continuing forward to Ph.D. / Ed.D. in Education
- May transfer 24 of 30 hours on to doctoral program in education
- No thesis / No comprehensive exam required
- 100% established accredited online graduate program
- May enter any semester – plan out individualized progress to graduation
- Courses are on a set rotation schedule
- Distinctive specialization differentiates this degree from other Ed.S. degrees
Testimonial
"I was interviewed by Kelly Clarkson, the musician/talkshow host/songwriter, on her Kelly Clarkson show about how I am influenced by Dolly Parton and how I incorporate her music in my elementary music lessons. When I was thinking about my answers to her questions, I did reflect a lot on the topics covered in your classes. I thought about diversity, bias, equality, equity, and how I can demonstrate positivity in my classes to my students. I know my answers in the interview did not directly quote these ideas, but I wanted you to know that this program has really helped me develop my reflections into words and actions. Interacting with my classmates in the discussions, reading and learning from different resources, and writing my own ideas down formally in essays has helped me become better in advocating my ideas and philosophies. As a result, I felt much more confident expressing my thoughts and ideas on national TV." -Alice Asako Walle, Music Teacher, Metro/ Nashville Public Schools |
Program Goals
Engage students in examining the most critical ongoing, as well as newly emerging, issues of diversity in America with a focus on social justice and fairness in society.
Prepare students to incorporate issues of diversity in daily life and work.
Encourage students to examine attitudes toward diverse ethnic and cultural groups, develop ways to combat racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of discrimination in classrooms, schools, workplace, and communities.
Guide students to develop practical knowledge of learning theories and build awareness of applications of learning theories and human development principles in a variety of settings.
Introduce students to the broad topics of cultural issues and diversity as related to today's society and schools and workplace environments.
Introduce students to recent developments in neuroscience, cultural issues, educational research, psychology, and their impact on teaching and learning and life in general.
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There’s a specialized online Ed.S. program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ that is preparing graduate students to learn more about cultural issues and learning sciences: It’s the Online Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) in Curriculum and Instruction that explores the science of learning, cultural diversity, mental processes, and cognitive neuroscience and their impact on the exciting world of teaching and learning and life in general.
After viewing CC/LP information for specifics, send a contact number to [email protected] for a return phone call.
Dr. Barbara Newman Young
[email protected]
Professor / Department of Educational Leadership
Certified Online Instructor (COI) &
Certified Online Faculty Developer (CFD)
Online Learning Consortium (APPQMR)
EdS Degree Program Developer / Coordinator / Advisor
Concentration: Culture, Cognition, and the Learning Process
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