Overview
What you will study
The Teaching MAT program offered at San José State University will prepare enrolled students to provide instruction for English Learners and students with special needs. Enrolled students also will learn to set up a supportive classroom environment based on social-emotional learning principles and experience collaborative co-teaching experiences with successful mentor teachers in the field. Finally, students will design, carry out, and report on classroom-based teacher inquiry.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Educational Sociology
- Educational Psychology
- Critical Perspectives on Schooling for a Pluralist Democracy
- Classroom Issues in the Language/Literacy Development of L2 Learners
- Research/Practices in Health and Special Education
- Principles of Art Education
- Methods of Teaching English
- Teaching Foreign Languages
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Education Pedagogy Teaching View 246 other Masters in Pedagogy in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants apply separately to the department to obtain admission to the credential program, which generally requires a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.87 (exceptions may be made on an individual basis).
- Subject Matter Competency (via CSET or Teacher Prep Program)
- Revised on 3/12/2020 for applications for Summer 2020 and thereafter CSET Multiple Subject CSET information.
- Verification of Meeting the Basic Skills Requirement (CBEST)
- Pre-Professional Experience
- Certificate of Clearance
- Statement of Purpose
- Resume
- Two Letters of Recommendation
Tuition Fee
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International
7176 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 18 months. -
National
7176 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 18 months.
- Non-resident students pay basic registration fees plus $396 per unit.
Living costs for San Jose
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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