2021-2022 Graduate Academic Catalog

Accelerated M.Ed. in Innovative Pedagogies in Early Childhood

For Students in BS in Liberal Studies with an Education focus, BS in Early Childhood Studies, and Early Childhood Education Major Initial (PK-2)

This is a flexible program that will allow educators to develop skills in: environments, materials, provocations, documentation, family engagement, citizenship, and the vision of the capable, investigative, meaning-making young child, through the example of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In addition to coursework, the program will give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Reggio-inspired classrooms in the Boston area through internships. Teachers will also have the option to join a study tour to Italy, to learn with their cohort in the Reggio community itself. The program offers the opportunity to develop an additional specialization in Language and Literacy, Bilingual Learners, Integrated Arts, and Inclusive Classrooms.

Students who hold a Massachusetts Initial license in Early Childhood (PK-2) are eligible for Professional Licensure in Early Childhood in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts upon completion of the program. 

Coursework

Required Courses

EEDUC 5815Innovative Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education Seminar

3

EEDUC 5300Environment and Materials in Reggio-Inspired Teaching and Learning

3

EEDUC 6139A Pedagogy of Play

3

Innovative Practices in Early Childhood Seminar is taken in junior year and requires an internship component: weekly participation in an early childhood setting.
Environment & Materials in Reggio-Inspired Teaching and Learning is taken in senior year.

Elective Courses (select three in consultation with your advisor)

EEDUC 6058Anti-Bias Communities in Early Childhood

3

EEDUC 5115Families, Society, and Schools

3

EEDUC 5301Reggio Emilia-Inspired Study Tour: Collaboration, Inspiration, and Interpretation

3

EEDUC 5138Literacy, Literature, and the Arts in the Early Childhood Classroom

3

EEDUC 5130Early Childhood STEAM and Health

3

EEDUC 5045Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers

3

EEDUC 6017Advanced Reflections on the Reggio Emilia Approach

3

Concentration Courses (select five in consultation with your advisor)

 

Language and Literacy

EEDUC 5137Language and Literacy Development in the Early Years

3

EEDUC 6174Literature for Children, Tweens, and Teens in a Diverse Society

3

EEDUC 6001The Teaching of Writing (K-12)

3

Bilingual Learners

EECLD 6001Culturally Responsive Teaching

3

EECLD 6002Essential Linguistics: What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Language

3

EECLD 6004First and Second Language Acquisition and Oral Development

3

Arts Integration

EARED 6002Integrated Arts Strategies for Inclusive Settings

2-3

EARED 6003Equity, Access, and Inclusion through Arts Based Inquiry

3

EARED 6111Principles and Practices of Art Education (PreK-8)

3

The Inclusive Classroom

ESPED 6130Speech, Language, and AAC

3

ESPED 5114Universal Curriculum Design and Assistive Technology

3

ESPED 5037Strategies for Inclusive Schooling

3