LTETAQUAD11Documents

Learning, Teaching, and Educational Transformation (non-licensure) M.Ed. track

AQUAD REVIEW 2011

The Master's in Education track in Learning, Teaching, and Educational Transformation allows students to pursue diverse inquiries and practical projects building on a foundation in curriculum development, research and writing, and collaborative action for change and social justice through education. Because this track is designed for individuals who do not wish to be certified in Massachusetts (or who are already certified), it helps students work in a broad range of education-related professions including those outside of classroom teaching, such as adult- and community-based education, educational research, policy analysis, philanthropy, and advocacy. With assistance from a faculty advisor, students design a sequence of education-related courses to support their specific interests. The current faculty advisors have special interests and experience in Asian American Studies, ethnic studies, urban studies, curriculum studies, teachers as writers, applied behavior analysis, critical and creative thinking, science in its social context, and education in technology-mediated environments.

Self-study

Pdf of all the documents combined (400+ pages):LTETAQUAD11Documents.pdf

Self-study: LTETAQUAD11SelfStudy.pdf

3/25 additional graphic depicting data on p. 18-19
3/26 Breakdown of Students transferring into LTET from other M.Ed. tracks 2010-11 (N=23) TransfersIntoLTET.pdf

Responses beyond self-study

Review Committee Report LTETAQUAD11externalreport.pdf
LTET Response LTETResponsetoReview.pdf
Deans' Response LTETAQUAD11DeansResponse.pdf
LTET response to Deans' Response LTETtoProvost.pdf
The review team reported substantial strengths, evident particularly in:
• Expertise & commitment of faculty
• High degree of student engagement and learning
• Centrality of LTET Program and its curriculum to campus and college mission of “education for a diverse democracy”
• Relevant and current curriculum, with important and purposeful emphasis on reflection and critical thinking and on the larger societal and organizational contexts for educational reform and transformation.
Evidence gathered by the Review Committee found that LTET did not replicate or overlap substantially with other licensure or non-licensure programs at the University, but rather served the needs of a specific population of students whose curricular needs were not met by other programs.
Most significant area of need was that program lacks adequate resources. (No faculty member are assigned primarily to the program. LTET coordinator(s) do not receive a stipend or course reduction. This has resulted in overworked faculty and fewer opportunities for students, given that all the faculty members have primary commitments to other programs.)
The Deans’ response stated that: LTET is “uniquely and significantly aligned with the campus mission and strategic priorities, particularly through its capacity to integrate and support civic engagement in teaching and learning, and for the way the program prepares graduates to analyze and address ‘big picture’ issues in education.” A set of improvements was noted in their response and during the subsequent meeting with the Provost.
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Appendices

A. Surveys sent to current, graduated, and former students
B. Profiles
C. Course syllabi
D. Program wiki for Advising
E. Google.docs for LTET advisors
F. LTET Program Operations



A. Surveys sent to current, graduated, and former students
-Current Students: SURVEY for CURRENT STUDENTS in the non-licensure M.Ed. Masters Program—now called Learning, Teaching and Educational Transformation (LTET).pdf
-Graduated Students: SURVEY for GRADUATES of the non-licensure M.Ed. Masters Program—now called Learning, Teaching and Educational Transformation (LTET).pdf
-Former Students: SURVEY for FORMER STUDENTS who did not complete their studies in the non-licensure M.Ed. Masters Program—now called Learning, Teaching and Educational Transformation (LTET).pdf



B. Faculty Profiles (bio, CV)
-Mary Brady.pdf, Mary Brady CV.pdf
-Donna DeGennaro.pdf, Donna DeGennaro CV.pdf
-Peter Kiang.pdf, Peter Kiang CV.pdf
-Denise Patmon.pdf, Denise Patmon CV.pdf
-Peter Taylor.pdf, Peter Taylor CV.pdf

Select Student Profiles
-Jessica Ngoc Tran.pdf
-Kunthary M. Thai-Johnson.pdf
-Peter Palingo.pdf
-Richard Azulay.pdf
-Songkhla Thi Nguyen.pdf

Capstone Examples
Option 1: Comprehensive Exam: LTETCompRubric1.pdf
-Richard Azulay RAzulayCompExam.pdf
-Christine Budai BudaiSIDCapstone.pdf
-Peter Palingo palingo.pdf
-LTET student capstone spring 2009.pdf

Option 2: Paper and Presentation: LTETcapstoneproposal2.pdf
-Adrienne Frey AFrey Final Report 5.12.10.pdf, AF Overall Project Presentation.pdf, Adrienne Frey Reflection Essay Final 5 25 10.pdf



C. Course Syllabi (organized by core area)

Curriculum Organization and Innovation
EDC G 630 - Inclusion, K-12.pdf
EDC G 642 - Organization of School Curriculum.pdf
EDC G 660 - Designing Curriculum and Instruction.pdf
CRCRTH 601 - Critical Thinking.pdf
CRCRTH 601 - Critical Thinking, Summer.pdf
CRCRTH 602 - Creative Thinking.pdf
CRCRTH 602 - Creative Thinking, online.pdf
CRCRTH 630 - Creativity and Criticism in Literature and the Arts.pdf
CRCRTH 640 - Environment, Science, and Society: Critical Thinking
CRCRTH 645L - Biology in Society: Critical Thinking
CRCRTH 652 - Children and Science.pdf
BWPEDU 597 - Special Topics

Research and Writing for Reflective Practice
EDC G 621 - Teaching Writing in the K-12 Classroom
EDC G 654 - ABA Extended Applications II.pdf
EDC G 689 & 690 - Teacher Research.pdf
CRCRTH 611 - Seminar in Critical Thinking.pdf
CRCRTH 692 - Processes of Research and Engagement
CRCRTH 692 - Processes of Research and Engagement, online
CRCRTH 693 - Action Research for Educational, Professional, and Personal Change
CRCRTH 693 - Action Research for Educational, Professional, and Personal Change, online
BWPEDU597 - Special Topics

Mediation, Dialogue, and Collaboration
EDC G 655 - ABA for Special Populations.pdf
CRCRTH 616 - Dialogue Processes.pdf
CRCRTH 616 - Dialogue Processes, online.pdf
CRCRTH 618 - Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change, summer.pdf
CRCRTH 618 - Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change, online.pdf
CRCRTH 670 - Thinking, Learning, and Computers, online.pdf
DisRes 624 - Cross-Cultural Conflict.pdf

Urban and Social Justice Education
EDC G 606 - Sociocultural Perspectives on Education, Brantley.pdf
EDC G 406 / 606 - Sociocultural Perspectives on Education, Levy 1.pdf
EDC G 406 / 606 - Sociocultural Perspectives on Education, Levy 2.pdf
EDC G 672 - Race, Class, Gender: Education Reform
CRCRTH 627 - Issues in Antiracist and Multicultural Education.pdf



D. Program Wiki for Advising
candi_LTETtrack_20110228.pdf



E. Google.docs for LTET Advisors
LTETstudentsemailsadvisors.pdf



F. LTET Program Operations
candi_LTEToperations_20110228.pdf