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Master of Arts in Teaching - Newton Teacher Residency (NTR): Course Requirements

10 Course Credits in Education at Tufts/Newton Teacher Residency

Required course credits fulfilled through the apprenticeship in Newton: 4 Credits
1 Introductory Course:
  • ED 101 Introduction to Teaching in Middle and Secondary School
1 Student Teaching Course: (2 course credits)
  • ED 102 Supervised Teaching in Middle and Secondary School and Seminar
1 Course in the Practices in Teaching:
  • ED 120 Practice of Teaching: History and Political Science/Political Philosophy
  • ED 121 Practice of Teaching: Science
  • ED 122 Practice of Teaching: Mathematics
  • ED 123 Practice of Teaching: English
  • ED 124 Practice of Teaching: Languages
  • ED 125 Practice of Teaching: Latin and Classical Humanities
Course Credits at Tufts: 6 Credits
1 Course in Curriculum or a Related Guided Elective:
  • ED 110 History and Political Science/Political Philosophy Curricula
  • ED 111 Development of Knowledge and Reasoning in the Science Curriculum
  • ED 112 Mathematics Learning Environments
  • ED 113 Language Arts Curricula in the Middle and Secondary School
  • ED 114 Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
  • ED 181 Curriculum Development
1 Course in Human Development, Psychology and Learning:
  • ED 130 Human Development and Learning
  • ED 230 Seminar in Psychological Studies in Education
1 Course in Exceptionalities in Learning:
  • ED 142 Education of the Exceptional Child
  • ED 144 Learning Disabilities in the Classroom (ED 142 a prerequisite)
1 Course in the Social, Cultural and Historical Foundations of Education:
  • ED 160 Comparative Education
  • ED 161 Sociology of the School
  • ED 162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of U.S. Education
  • ED 163 Philosophies of Education
  • ED 167 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education
2 courses in the apprentice's academic field, or related fields.

 

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