Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

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Sherry Mee Bell, Head
Amy Broemmel, Associate Head
David Cihak, Associate Head

Professors
Bell, S., PhD – Tennessee
Botzakis, S., PhD – Georgia
Cady, J., PhD – Illinois State
Cihak, D., PhD – Georgia State
Davis, J., PhD – New Mexico
Davis-Wiley, P., EdD – Houston
Groenke, S., PhD – Virginia Tech
McGill-Franzen, A., PhD – State University of New York (Albany)
O’Bannon, B., EdD – University of Memphis
Rider, R. (Dean), PhD – North Carolina
Thayer-Bacon, B., PhD – Indiana
Wooten, D., PhD – New York

Associate Professors
Aydeniz, M., PhD – Florida State
Broemmel, A., PhD – Southern Illinois
Brown, C., EdD – George Washington
Coleman-Lopatic, M., PhD – Georgia State
Gilrane, C., PhD – Illinois
Hodge, L., PhD – Vanderbilt
Laughter, J., PhD – Vanderbilt
Waters, K.S., PhD – Central Florida
Wolbers, K., PhD – Michigan State

Assistant Professors
Anderson, B., PhD – Georgia
Bertling, J., PhD – Georgia
Coleman-King, C., PhD – Pennsylvania
Harper, F., PhD – Michigan State
Kenna, J., PhD – Central Florida
Moore, T., PhD – Vanderbilt
Park, Y., PhD – Florida
Pellegrino, A., – Florida State
Philippakos, Z., – Delaware
Rosenberg, J., – Michigan State

Clinical Professor
Rearden, K., PhD – Texas A & M

Clinical Associate Professor
Hopkins, T., PhD – Tennessee
Jordan, J., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Assistant Professors
Anderson, A., PhD – Tennessee
Hoffman, D., EdD – Lamar
Jaekel, N., PhD – Ruhr-University (Germany)
Kirkpatrick, Y., PhD – Tennessee
Landry, G., PhD – Tennessee
MacTavish, E., PhD – Tennessee
Shahan, C., PhD – Gallaudet
Smith, C., PhD – Tennessee
Vines, N., EdD – Appalachian State
Ward, N., PhD – Tennessee

Research Associate Professor
Smith, D., PhD – Nebraska

Emeriti Faculty
Allington, R., PhD – Michigan State
Benner, S., EdD – Columbia
Cagle, L. EdD – Georgia
Davis, A., PhD – Ohio State
Hargis, C., EdD – Northern Colorado
Hatch, J., PhD – Florida
Hendricks, D., EdD – Alabama
Jost, K., EdD – Oklahoma
Knight, L., PhD – Texas
Long, V., PhD – Missouri
Roeske, C.E., – PhD – Ohio State
Schindler, J., PhD – Kent State
Turner, T., EdD – Pennsylvania State
Warden, K., PhD – Tennessee

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.

TEACHER EDUCATION

The department offers programs for students seeking Tennessee Licensure in the following areas – art education (K-12); elementary teaching (K-5); English as a Second Language (PreK-12); mathematics (6-8); mathematics education; science (6-8); science education; secondary content field teaching (6-12) in English education; social sciences education; special education (K-12); special education for the deaf and hard of hearing; World Language education (PreK-12); early childhood special education endorsement; gifted education endorsement; reading 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) with a specialization 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 concentration (specialization in children’s and young adult literature, ESL or literacy education); special education, deaf education, and interpreter education concentrations; and teacher education concentration (specializations in cultural studies of educational foundations, 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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