Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

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http://web.utk.edu/~tpte/

Sherry Mee Bell, Head

Professors
Allington, R., PhD - Michigan State
Bell, S., PhD - Tennessee
Benner, S. (Associate Dean), EdD - Columbia
Davis, J., PhD - New Mexico
Davis-Wiley, P., EdD - Houston
Hatch, J., PhD - Florida
Long, V., EdD - Missouri
McGill-Franzen, A., PhD - State University of New York (Albany)
Rider, R. (Dean), PhD - North Carolina
Turner, T., EdD - Penn State

Associate Professors
Broemmel, A., PhD - Southern Illinois
Brown, C., EdD - George Washington
Cady, J., PhD - Illinois State
Cagle, L. (Emeritus), EdD - Georgia
Cihak, D., PhD - Georgia State
Gilrane, C., PhD - Illinois
Groenke, S., PhD - Virginia Tech
Hodge, L., PhD - Vanderbilt
O’Bannon, B., EdD - Tennessee (Memphis)
Smith, D., PhD - Nebraska
Wooten, D., PhD - New York

Assistant Professors
Aydeniz, M., PhD - Florida State
Botzakis, S., PhD - Georgia
Coleman, M., PhD - Georgia State
Coleman-King, C., PhD - Pennsylvania
Cramer, E., PhD - Kentucky
Golden, B.W., PhD - Florida State
Hendricks, D., PhD - Alabama
Laughter, J., PhD - Vanderbilt
Son, J., PhD - Michigan State
Waters, K.S., PhD - Central Florida
Wolbers, K., PhD - Michigan State

Clinical Associate Professors
Jordan, J., PhD - Tennessee
Landry, G., PhD - Tennessee
Moore, T., PhD - Vanderbilt
 

Financial Assistance

The department offers a variety of scholarship and financial assistance opportunities and graduate assistantships for qualified students. For application forms visit the departmental website or contact our departmental office.

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences offers the Master of Science, Specialist in Education, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees through the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education. The department houses graduate programs in teacher education.

TEACHER EDUCATION

The department offers programs for students seeking Tennessee licensure in the following areas – elementary teaching (K-6); middle grades teaching (4-8); secondary content field teaching (7-12) in English education, foreign language education, mathematics education, science education, social sciences education; art education (K-12); English as a Second Language (K-12); modified and early childhood special education (K-12); special education for the deaf and hard of hearing; reading endorsement, and comprehensive special education endorsement. The program features a professional year internship with accompanying coursework, which may lead to a master’s degree with a major in teacher education. Specialized coursework leading to a certificate in urban education is also available in the area of urban teaching.

For admission, most programs (except the Licensure Track 2 Initial Licensure/Master of Science) require current scores from the GRE general section, and all require a departmental application form and letters of recommendation. For additional information about the various programs of study and admission, write to the Student Services Center in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Bailey Education Complex A332. http://www.utk.edu/departments/advising or visit the departmental website at http://web.utk.edu/%7Etpte/.

DISTANCE EDUCATION

Courses leading to a Non-Licensure Track 1 Master’s concentration in STEM (Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Technology) and Special Ed with specializations in Gifted Education are available via Distance Education.

EDUCATION MAJOR

Faculty from the department participate in the delivery of the PhD with a major in education. Concentrations and specializations are available in literacy studies (specialization in ESL or reading); special education; and teacher education (specialization in early childhood education, elementary education, English education, mathematics education, science education, or social science education).

Information on admission appears at the beginning of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences section of this catalog.

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