Overview
(750-710-362/363)
(753-710-362/363)-Internship
(20 courses; 88.5 quarter units TED-non internship)
(18 courses; 79.5 quarter units TED internship))
(21 courses; 93 quarter units BCLAD)
The Master of Education Specializing in Cross-Cultural Teaching is designed for students who are committed to being instructional leaders in the K-12 setting. Courses meet the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) requirements for a preliminary credential as well as meet requirements for a master's degree that interrelates theory and practice and promotes lifelong learning. The program, which has an internship option, is intended for students who want to obtain a preliminary credential and master's degree at the same time.
Students seeking to complete only a master's degree should enroll in the Master of Arts in Teaching. Students who are pursuing a credential and who want to make a program change to the Master of Education in Cross-Cultural Teaching may do so under these conditions:
- The student must make the program change before beginning student teaching,
- The student must pass the subject matter competency exam before enrolling in student teaching and bilingual emphasis students must pass language proficiency examinations.
Note: Students must have access to Microsoft Office on either a PC or Mac platform.
Requirements
To receive a Master of Education Specializing in Cross-Cultural Teaching, students must complete at least 57 quarter units of graduate work, 48 of which must be taken in residence at National University. Students enrolled in the joint degree-credential program will not be awarded the master's degree until they complete all graduate and credential coursework, including student teaching.
Core Requirements
(4 courses; 18 quarter units TED)
(5 courses; 22.5 quarter units BCLAD)
Recommended Sequence
TED 615 Foundations of Education
TED 605 The Diverse Classroom
TED 611 Educational Psychology
BTE 612 History and Culture of Latinos (taught in language of emphasis) (BCLAD students only)
MAT 640 Applications of Research for the Art of Teaching
(must be taken as the last course in the program)
Methods Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)
(Prerequisites: TED 615, TED 605, TED 611, and BTE 612 for BCLAD students)
Multiple Subject
(363/365)
TED 621A Language Development Methods for the Elementary School
(Prerequisites: TED 615 or BTE 612 for BCLAD students only)
TED/BTE 621B Reading and Language Arts Methods for the Elementary School
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 621A)
TED/BTE 622A Curriculum and Instruction I: History, Social Studies, Physical Education and Visual and Performing Arts
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 621A)
TED/BTE 622B Curriculum and Instruction II: Mathematics and Science
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 621A)
or
Single Subject
(362/364)
TED 623 Language Development Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools
(Prerequisite: TED 615)
TED/BTE 625A Curriculum Development for Secondary and Middle Schools
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 623)
TED/BTE 625B Instruction and Classroom Management for Secondary and Middle Schools
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 625A or BTE 625A and TED 623)
TED/BTE 624 Content Area Literacy for the Secondary and Middle Schools
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 623)
Note: Courses TED 615, TED 605, TED 611, BTE 612, TED 621A, BTE 621B, TED 621B, TED 622A, BTE 622A, TED 622B, BTE 622B, TED 623, TED 624, BTE 624, TED 625A, BTE 625A, TED 625B, BTE 625B all require four hours of fieldwork in K-12 schools.
Note: Candidates must obtain a Certificate of Clearance from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing prior to beginning fieldwork in K-12 schools.
Co-requisites
(3 courses; 13.5 quarter units)
These courses can be taken at any time in the program but are recommended prior to student teaching. These courses are required prior to applying for the credential.
HED 602 Introductory Health Education: K-12
EXC 625 Exceptional Children in the Classroom
EDT 608 Computer-Based Technology in the Classroom
Student Teaching and Internship Course Requirements
(5 courses; 21 quarter units for regular student teaching)
(3 courses; 12 quarter units for the internship program)
The student teaching and intern courses are required for the preliminary credential, but do not grant graduate credit (except for TED 610, TED 629 or TED 629I).
Student Teaching Requirements
(5 courses; 21 quarter units)
(Prerequisites: TED 615, TED 605, TED 611 and BTE/TED 621A, BTE/TED 621B, BTE/TED 622A, BTE/TED 622B; or BTE/TED 623, BTE/TED 624, BTE/TED 625A, BTE/TED 625B)
TED 629 Student Teaching Seminar (3.0 quarter units)
(must be taken concurrently with TED 630A-D or BTE 630A-D)
BTE/TED 630A Beginning Student Teaching
BTE/TED 630B Student Teaching
(Prerequisite: TED 630A)
BTE/TED 630C Student Teaching
(Prerequisite: TED 630A)
BTE/TED 630D Student Teaching
(Prerequisite: TED 630A)
or
Internship Requirements
(3 courses; 12 quarter units)
(Prerequisite: Student must be admitted to the internship program)
TED 610 Best Internship Practices
TED 629I Intern Student Teaching Seminar (3.0 quarter units)
TED 628I Internship Clinical Practice
An electronic portfolio is required for the assessment of all teacher credential candidates. The purpose of the e-portfolio is for candidates to show how their work in teacher education is linked to their own competency in the TPE Domains. A fee of $35.00 will be charged to students for the e-portfolio with a renewal cost of $35 per year.
The portfolio must be reviewed and approved by a National University faculty member prior to exiting the credential program.
Candidates must meet all state of California requirements for the multiple and single subject credential to be recommended to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (See Credential Program Requirements)
Specialization in Cross-Cultural Teaching
The Cross-Cultural Teaching Area of Specialization is geared to providing candidates with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively teach the increasingly diverse students in our society.
By the end of this specialization, candidates are expected to be able to:
- review the literature on the social use of language and critical pedagogy as it relates to the education of students in diverse classroom; review multicultural literature;
- examine the social factors that produce language varieties and the role of communication (verbal and nonverbal) between cultures;
- critique the major types of attitudes and behaviors towards language and language variations and the speakers of those languages;
- compare and contrast the interaction of language in the home and in the school;
- compare and contrast the changes in societal norms and how that affects the educational and economic success of diverse populations;
- examine historical educational assumptions and the impact of research on new teaching methodologies in a diverse society;
- identify models of community, school and university articulations that counter school resistance by building community;
- begin to work with the ideas of racism, privilege and transforming Whiteness in the classroom;
- conduct scholarly research and writing on issues of multicultural literature, language, race, gender, ethnicity and cultural perspectives.
- describe the social and psychological value of reading multicultural literature and develop ideas for the use of literature in providing children with positive multicultural experiences and cross cultural understanding;
- compare and contrast children's and young adult multicultural literature in relation to the values of various world societies;
- evaluate and discuss effective strategies and classroom applications of current literature in the development of a living literature classroom.
Required Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)
TED 665 Cognition, Language and Culture
TED 666 The Cultural Foundation of Linguistics
TED 667 Diversity and Change: A Critical Pedagogy
TED 668 Survey of Children's Multicultural Literature