M.Ed. in Innovative Pedagogies in Early Childhood 33 credits
This program 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. It will also give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Reggio-inspired classrooms in the Boston area through internships, learning directly from master teachers and developing their own culturally responsive pedagogies. Teachers will have the option to join a study tour to Italy, to learn in the Reggio community itself. The program offers the opportunity to develop an additional concentration. Students will emerge with versatile perspectives and understandings that will allow them to become early childhood leaders.
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.
In this program, EARED 6002 will be taken for three credits.
Program of Study
Required Courses 9 credits
| EEDUC 5815 | Innovative Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education Seminar | 3 |
| EEDUC 5300 | Environment and Materials in Reggio-Inspired Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| EEDUC 6139 | A Pedagogy of Play | 3 |
Elective Courses 9 credits
| EEDUC 6058 | Anti-Bias Communities in Early Childhood | 3 |
| EEDUC 5115 | Families, Society, and Schools | 3 |
| EEDUC 5301 | Reggio Emilia-Inspired Study Tour: Collaboration, Inspiration, and Interpretation | 3 |
| EEDUC 6017 | Advanced Reflections on the Reggio Emilia Approach | 3 |
| EEDUC 5138 | Literacy, Literature, and the Arts in the Early Childhood Classroom | 3 |
| EEDUC 5130 | Early Childhood STEAM and Health | 3 |
| EEDUC 5045 | Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers | 3 |
Concentration Courses 15 credits
Select 5 in consultation with your advisor.
Language and Literacy
| EEDUC 5137 | Language and Literacy Development in the Early Years | 3 |
| EEDUC 6174 | Literature for Children, Tweens, and Teens in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| EEDUC 6001 | The Teaching of Writing (K-12) | 3 |
Bilingual Learners
| EECLD 6001 | Culturally Responsive Teaching | 3 |
| EECLD 6002 | Essential Linguistics: What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Language | 3 |
| EECLD 6004 | First and Second Language Acquisition and Oral Development | 3 |
Arts Integration
| EARED 6002 | Integrated Arts Strategies for Inclusive Settings | 2-3 |
| EARED 6003 | Equity, Access, and Inclusion through Arts Based Inquiry | 3 |
| EARED 6111 | Principles and Practices of Art Education (PreK-8) | 3 |
The Inclusive Classroom