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Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education

Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.A. and M.Ed. available in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education
Ed.D. and Ph.D. available in Educational Studies with a specialization in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning
Specializations Offered at the Doctoral Level - what's a specialization?
Instructional Technology; Internet-Based Education; Teaching, Curriculum and Learning

Application Checklist

Required by Office of Graduate Studies
Required by Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education
  • Entrance exam(s): GRE (Ph.D. and Ed.D. only)
  • Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Computer-213  Internet-79
  • Departmental application
  • Resume
  • Statement of goals
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Writing sample (Ph.D. and Ed.D. only)
Application Deadline
Master's Applicants
     Fall: May 1     Spring: October 1     Summer: March 1
Doctoral Applicants
     Fall: February 15     Spring: October 1

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Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education

High quality faculty members who are actively engaged in schools and communities challenge students with programs that have both breadth and depth.

Description of Program

The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education offers master's and doctoral degrees that:

  • Engage in and with current educational research.
  • Fit individual needs.
  • Offer rich opportunities to work with highly qualified faculty members who are actively engaged in cross-disciplinary scholarship focused on schools and communities.
  • Challenge in breadth and depth to change and improve education for all.

For example, a student might work with a professor studying the relationships between teacher content knowledge and pedagogical understandings. Or, one could work with researchers examining the changing needs of Nebraska, the United States, and other parts of the world through multiple lenses such as multiculturalism; transnationalism; educational reform; policy implementation; second language acquisition; reading diagnosis and remediation; literacy, language, and culture; foreign language education; and instructional technologies.

Students will find new ways to view the work of teachers, teaching, learners, and learning. The coursework explores relationships across cultures and schooling, ethics, human well-being, and education for diversity; thus, fostering professional development alongside preparing people for positions of leadership in varied educational settings. The programs grow educational leaders who can "make a difference" for the future in multiple educational settings.

Some classes are also available online.

Contact

Graduate Chair
Margaret Macintyre Latta
Graduate Secretary
Shari Daehling
sdaehling1@unl.edu
402-472-3098
Department Address
118C Henzlik Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0385
Department Website
http://cehs.unl.edu/tlte...

Faculty and Research

Larry Andrews English; Reading; English as a Second Language; Linguistics
Ronald Bonnstetter Science Education Reform; Questioning Skill Development; Program Evaluation; Teaching Effectiveness
David Brooks Instructional Technology; Chemistry Education
Elaine Chan Multicultural Education; Curriculum Studies; Ethnic Identity; Educational Equity Policies
Meixia Ding Teacher Knowledge; Algebraic Thinking; Cooperative Learning; Cross-Cultural Study
David Fowler Mathematics; Cognition; Technology
Ricardo Garcia Multicultural Education; Cross-Cultural Communication
Edmund Hamann Transnational Movement; School Reform; Policy Implementation
Delwyn Harnisch Educational Measurment and Statistics; Teaching Assessment and Evaluation
Ruth Heaton External Funding Sources; Math Education
Karl Hostetler Educational Foundations; Philosophy; Ethics
Margaret Macintyre Latta Teacher Education Reform; Alternative Learning Assessment Processes; Arts-Based Educational Research
Tom McGowan Teacher Professional Development; Social Studies Education; School and University Collaboration
Aleidine Moeller Foreign Language Education; Second Language Acquisition; Distance Education and Technology
Glenn Nierman Music Education; Assessment and Instructional Strategies
Carolyn Pope Edwards International Early Childhood Education; Social and Moral Development in Cultural Context
John Raible Multicultural Education; Family Diversity; Racial Integration
Jenelle Reeves Teacher Reasoning in Multilingual Classrooms
Loukia Sarroub Literacy Studies; Ethnography; Qualitative Research Methods; Educational Policy and Social Analysis
Allen Steckelberg Instructional Technology; Role of Paraprofessionals
Stephen Swidler Rural Education; Alternative Schools; School Choice; Interdisciplinary Curriculum; Democratic Education
Guy Trainin Literacy; Motivation; Arts and Literacy Integration
L. James Walter Educational Leadership; Curriculum Development and Evaluation; Authentic Learning and Assessment; Rural Communities
Kathleen Wilson Reading and Writing Acquisition and Motivation; Professional Development Models; At-Risk Students
Susan Wunder Social Studies Education
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