M.Ed. in Innovative Pedagogies in Early Childhood 33 credits
This program allows 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. The program will allow students 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.
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 wish to earn a Massachusetts Professional License must have a Massachusetts Initial license in Early Childhood (PreK-2). If you are not seeking a license, you will need to sign a non-licensure agreement.
- In this program, EARED 6002 will be taken for three credits.
For the university's transfer credit policy for this and other programs, see the Transfer of Credits page.
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
Select three elective courses in consultation with your advisor. Please note that not all elective courses are offered each catalog year; consult with your advisor for options.
| 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 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 Pedagogies: Equity & Agency | 3 |
| EECLD 6002 | On Languages: What Educators Need to Know about Linguistics | 3 |
| EECLD 6004 | Language Acquisition, Oral Development & Bilingualism | 3 |
Arts Integration
| EARED 6002 | Integrated Arts Strategies for Inclusive Settings | 3 |
| EARED 6003 | Equity, Access, and Inclusion through Arts Based Inquiry | 3 |
| EARED 6111 | Principles and Practices of Art Education (PreK-12) | 3 |
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