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Counseling and Graduate Education Programs

Take the step to learn more and teach more.

With a graduate degree in education, you’ll become the master educator that your students need and deserve.

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Elementary Education (M.S.Ed.)

The more you learn, the more you teach. Become the educator that the next generation needs with a master’s degree.

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Program Highlights

  • Immersive field experiences
  • The ability to build a network of numerous references
  • Support from the entire Mastodon community
  • An understanding of students from diverse backgrounds with unique learning styles
  • A prestigious Purdue degree

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How far will you go?

 

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Requirements and Curriculum Overview

Our comprehensive curriculum and diverse requirements will challenge you to go further than you ever imagined. Check out what you can expect as you advance through our program.

Elementary Education (M.S.Ed.)

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this degree, students will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

  • Renew their commitment to teaching toward a carefully considered vision of schools and society
  • Cultivate supportive learning communities in their classrooms through disciplined inquiry into themselves, their students, and the relationships among them
  • Plan and embark on a research project that offers insight into life and learning in their classrooms
  • Design traditional and authentic classroom assessment tools, and utilize data from these and standardized tests to plan effective instruction for their students
  • Adjust their learning environments, curriculum, instruction, and assessments to facilitate maximum learning for all their students, including those with special needs
  • Develop specialized expertise in one or more content areas or education subdisciplines in order to strengthen their instructional practice and teacher leadership

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