Master's Degrees in Pennsylvania
La Salle University - Master of Education
Program Objective & Philosophy
The goal of La Salle’s Master of Education (M.Ed.) program is to develop the teacher as a master educator in the classroom and beyond. The program gives teachers the skills to stimulate and challenge their students to become more actively involved in the learning process, to think critically and problem-solve, to become more creative, to communicate more effectively, and to collaborate as they learn in the 21st Century classroom.
As professional educators, teachers in the Master of Education program focus on understanding not just what works in the teaching process but why it works. Meaningful inquiry into the link between theory and practice is built into all of the courses in this 30-credit program, which has concentration choices that allow the teachers to specialize in their area of interest.
Practice-rooted instruction culminates in a project that enables the teacher to investigate an area of personal and professional interest through a reflective teaching process. Teachers in the program will apply the strategies, processes, structures, and understanding from the program to their classrooms, emphasizing methods that work best in teaching their curriculum, to reach every student. Inquiry-based coursework encourages teachers to further develop teaching concepts, skills, processes, and procedures, as well as content-area knowledge required for today’s classrooms and the classrooms of the future.
The overriding goal of the program is for teachers to maximize their students’ learning while creating a classroom atmosphere that invites a high level of student accountability and participation.
