专业描述

The early childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs offer candidates the opportunity to acquire essential knowledge, skills and dispositions for beginning teachers. Candidates who plan to teach children in preschool, kindergarten, or grades one through three should major in early childhood education. Candidates who plan to teach grades one through six should major in elementary education. Candidates who plan to teach in a departmentalized setting in a middle, junior, or senior high school (grades 7-12) have a joint major in education and another Arts and Sciences department. Joint programs in secondary education are offered in the departments of English, history and mathematics. Consult the Department of Education and the department in which you wish to specialize for information about specific programs. A program of studies in education has the same general structure as other programs at The Catholic University of America. The program includes the basic general education and professional courses required by the certifying authorities of most states. It is designed to provide candidates with opportunities for study in the liberal arts and sciences, educational foundations and teaching-learning theories with internship experiences during a four-year sequence. Attention is also given to curricular and instructional strategies for exceptional students and students in varied cultural settings, as well as to an increased demand for computer literacy.