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Master
of Education in
Early Childhood Education
Judy Abercrombie, Program Coordinator (email)
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The Master of Education in Early Childhood Education degree is a thirty-six hour, non-thesis program. The program consists of a core curriculum of at least twelve hours of academic specialization, six credit hours in the resource area, six credit hours of professional development, and electives as needed, which are selected from education course offerings. The student must take 18 semester hours of graduate level only (6000 level) courses. In areas where the student demonstrates sufficient proficiency, course substitutions may be approved by the Master of Education Program Advisor and must be in keeping with the requirements of the State Board for Education Certification (SBEC).
Admission Requirements
There are no additional requirements other than those required for admission to the graduate program at DBU.
Program Continuance:
Continuance in the program past the first 6 hours is pending submission of satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
*a minimum verbal score of 400 combined with the quantitative score to
equal 850
or
* a minimum verbal score of 400 combined with a minimum analytical
writing score of 4.0
In lieu of the GRE, the applicant may submit the GMAT, MAT, or other nationally-recognized aptitude test with comparable scores upon approval of the program director and the Master’s Programs Admission Committee.
Academic Specialization (12 hours)
ECHE 5360 Foundations for Early Childhood Education
ECHE 6373 The Beginnings of Reading and Writing Discovery
ECHE 6374 Early Childhood Education: Development & Learning
ECHE 6375 Moral Development in the Young Child
Resource Area (Choose 6 hours)
READ 5332 Reading: Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Difficulties
READ 6330 Foundations of Reading
ESLS 5301 Second Language Acquisition
ESLS 5304 Methods in Teaching ESL
Professional Development (18 hours)
EDAD 6313 Supervision of Instruction
EDUC 6302 Research in Education
EDUC 6304 The Learning Process
EDUC 6306 Curriculum Design and Evaluation
EDUC 6308 The School and the Multicultural American Society
TECH 5320 Technology for Today's Learner
Required
College of Education Graduate Portfolio
Because of Dallas Baptist University’s quest for meaningful assessment of graduate students, a portfolio assessment is required in all College of Education graduate programs. The process of creating a portfolio is explained in the College of Education Graduate Portfolio Manual, which can be downloaded from the DBU website. The portfolio allows the student to present information about themselves as learners and to document growth over a period of time.
The portfolio should be a collection of artifacts accompanied by self-reflections that not only help the learner to understand and extend learning, but also invite the reader of the portfolio to gain insights about the learner. Please refer to the Portfolio Manual for appropriate procedures to follow in preparation of the portfolio. Students must register for 6010 (Professional Portfolio) during the semester in which they will present their portfolio to the Educator Preparation Board. The Educator Preparation Board is a group of experienced and widely successful educators from Dallas Baptist University and the metroplex. Practicing teachers, administrators, consultants, superintendents, guidance directors, personnel directors, and Educational Region Service Center personnel as well as DBU professors and administrations volunteer their time for this highly selective process. The Educator Preparation Board serves as the College of Education Graduate Programs advisory board and meets three times a year to assess graduate students' professional portfolios.
During the fall and spring semesters, a date is publicized for a Portfolio Workshop. Program Directors attend, review the portfolio manual, discuss portfolio components, and provide guidelines for presentation and delivery.
More information can be found at www.dbu.edu/graduate/education.asp.
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