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Reading Education (M.Ed.)

Peabody's master of education program in Reading Education is designed to focus on literacy development, assessment, and instruction of students with diverse learning and literacy needs.  The program meets standards suggested by the International Reading Association and NCATE accrediting standards. To be admitted, students must have teacher licensure, or equivalent teaching experiences.  The program of study can be designed to fulfill the requirements for an add-on endoresement as a reading specialist.

Major Requirements (18 semester hours)

Foundations and Survey of Reading (9 hours required)

• EDUC 3370 Literacy Assessment and Professional Development (Fall)  (must take 1 hour of EDUC 3430)
• EDUC 3390 Literacy Development (Fall)
• ENED 3400 Reading and Learning with Print and New Media  (Fall and Spring)

Assessment and Instruction of Students with Diverse Literacy Needs (3 hours required)

• EDUC 3420 Literacy for Diverse and Special Needs Learners (must take 2 hours of EDUC 3430 in conjunction)  (Spring)

Practicum in Reading (3 hours required)

• EDUC 3430 Diverse and Special Needs Learners Practicum (1 hour in the Fall and 2 hours in the Spring)

Language Development and Language Arts (3 hours required)

• EDUC 3460 Teaching and Learning the Language Arts: Theory and Research (Spring)
• ENED 3040 Perspectives on the English Language (Fall)
• SPED 3600 Speech and Language for Exceptional Learners (Fall and Spring)
• EDUC 3550  Educational Lingistics and Second Language Acquisition  (Fall)
• SPED 3835  Instructional Principles and Procedures in Writing and Language  (Fall)

Electives (3 semester hours)

Courses from the following or other courses with consent of adviser:

• ENED 3920 Literature, Popular Culture and New Media  (Spring and Summer)
• ENED 3000 Teaching Literature in  Elementary Classrooms (Fall)
• ENED 3040 Perspectives on the English Language (Fall)
• ENED 3380 Teaching Writing and Multimedia Composition  (Fall)
• ENED 3500 Advanced Study of Literature for Children  (Spring)
• SPED 2810 Assessment Strategies for Students with Disabilities (Fall and Spring)
• SPED 3400 Foundations of Early Childhood Special Education  (Fall and Spring)
• SPED 3600 Speech and Language for Exceptional Learners (Fall and Spring)
• EDUC 3460 Teaching and Learning the Language Arts: Theory and Research (Spring)
• EDUC 3530  Foundations of ELL Education (Fall)
• EDUC 3560  Assessment of ELL Students (Spring)

Through careful course selection from the Professional Core area and electives, an added endorsement in English Language Learners may also be earned.

Professional Education Core (9 semester hours)    At least two of the four areas must be represented:

A. Humanistic Dimensions of Education

• EDUC 3050: Advanced Social and Philosophical Aspects of Education
• EDUC 3060: Cultural Diversity in American Education
• EDUC 3080: Diversity and Equity in Education
• EDUC 3220: Parent, the School, and the Community
• EDUC 3530: Foundations of ELL Education

B. Behavioral Studies

• EDUC 3110/PSY 334P: Psychological Foundations of Education
• EDUC 3200: Foundations in Learning and Development
• PSY 360P: Developmental Psychology
• SPED 3000: Education and Psychology of Exceptional Learners

C. Teaching Strategies and Curriculum

• EDUC 3500: Foundations of Education
• EDUC 3510: Advanced Teaching in Secondary Schools
• EDUC 3540: Methods and Materials for ELL Education
• EDUC 3620: Principles of Curriculum Development

D. Assessment and Research Tools

• EDUC 3170: Analysis of Teaching
• EDUC 3830: Action Research in Education
• EDUC 3970: Master's Thesis in Education (3)

All students have the option of completing a capstone experience or writing a thesis.

Total is 30 semester hours minimum