M.S.T. in Adolescence Education: Social Studies
The Adolescence Education: Social Studies program is a fully online program designed to prepare graduates to combine subject matter knowledge with a strong pedagogical core as it relates to teaching adolescents in Social Studies. It requires completion of a bachelor’s degree (with equivalent major coursework) from one of the following majors: anthropology, economics, history, politics or sociology.
Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- collect and analyze three students work samples (high, medium and low) that represent the patterns of learning from a selected assessment and explain how they will reteach the learning objectives for students to gain further success with the content in the future.
- plan a social studies unit on a specific topic which will include a two-week daily lesson plan identifying the objectives, standards, instructional strategies, assessments and UDL principles, and instructional materials associated with each lesson.
- plan and use developmentally appropriate materials, activities, and instructional strategies in the lesson plan and implement that plan for the social studies topic.
- analyze structured interviews completed with two grade level students on primary source documents and their historical knowledge and write a five-page reflection paper on how this knowledge will shape their future instructional practices.
Career Outlook
Employment of middle and high school teachers is projected to grow 4-5 percent from 2021 to 2031. Pay for middle and high school teachers and principals in New York is among the highest in the nation.
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