Middle Grades Program Information Program Overview: Middle Grades Education The vision statement of the Middle Grades Program is as follows:
The Middle Grades Education Program at National Louis University prepares future educators to empower and support youth-driven social change. Program candidates engage in deep reflection on their own and others' lived experiences to develop culturally relevant, radically inclusive, and critically reflective pedagogy for young adolescents. The faculty of the National College of Education is committed to providing a rich set of experiences that will assist candidates in becoming successful teachers of all students. We expect this handbook to be used with information from the university faculty, academic advisors, the Graduate Catalog, and the Student Guidebook and Calendar to guide teacher candidates and make the journey through National Louis University and the National College of Education valuable and memorable. The focus of the MGE MAT program is on the preparation of prospective teachers who will provide critical learning opportunities for young adolescents with concern for them as developmentally unique human beings in the context of a rapidly changing world. A constructivist, socio-cultural, intersectional, and critical anti-oppression philosophy guides the learning principles of our program development, coursework, materials and instructional methods. We structure our program to ensure our graduates will have the tools to manifest equity and positive change.
Middle Grade Program Framework
10 / MAT Middle Grades Education Handbook
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