MEd Transformative Teaching Concentration
The Transformative Teaching program at George Mason University is no longer admitting students. Information about other Masters in Education in Curriculum and Instruction can be found here.
This 30-credit online program provides experienced educators with the skills needed to:
- continually identify and rethink the routines and assumptions that shape their work
- critically reflect upon and improve their practices with the support of a learning community of peers and faculty
- design thoughtful and constructive responses to the obstacles that inhibit teaching and learning
- commit to careers as educators
- be leaders in their schools, professional organizations, and communities as anti-racist, civically-engaged advocates for educators and students
Required Courses—Year One
- EDUC 647: Critical Reflective Practice (1 credit)
- EDUC 649: Critical Dialogue in Education (1 credit)
- EDUC 651: Critical Theories and Pedagogies (3 credits)
- EDUC 653: Technology and Learning (3 credits)
- EDUC 655: Teacher Research Methods (3 credits)
- EDUC 657: Teaching for Democracy and Social Justice (3 credits)
Required Courses—Year Two
- EDUC 659: Teacher Leadership (1 credit)
- EDUC 661: Teacher Empowerment and Policy (1 credit)
- EDUC 663: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (3 credits)
- EDUC 665: Teacher Inquiry in Practice I (3 credits)
- EDUC 667: Teacher Inquiry in Practice II (3 credits)
- EDUC 669: Teaching and Learning in Practice (3 credits)