| M.A.
in Teaching and Learning: ASL-English Bilingual
Education
Education Studies
(EDS) at UCSD offers a Master of Arts in Teaching
and Learning: Emphasis in American Sign Language
- English Bilingual Education of Deaf Children.
Candidates who complete this teacher training
program also qualify for the California Deaf and
Hard of Hearing Specialist Teaching Credential
and the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential for
elementary school teachers.
In keeping with its aim of training teachers
who will be able to meet the needs of deaf and
hard
of hearing children from various language and
cultural backgrounds, EDS requires fluency
in American Sign Language (ASL) for acceptance
into the program.
EDS's teacher training program is designed to
prepare teachers
to work in various types of school settings from
residential school classrooms to local public
school classrooms for deaf and hard of hearing
children. EDS recognizes that deaf and hard
of
hearing children need teachers who are themselves
bilingual and knowledgeable about the role of
culture in human development.
Prerequisite course of study
- Education Foundations sequence
Prior to admittance to credential
and master's study, prerequisite students
(or
UCSD undergraduates pursuing the Minor in Education
Studies) complete the following
five courses
offered during the first summer.
- EDS 128A-B: Introduction
to Teaching and Learning
- EDS 115: Child Development
- EDS 117: Language, Culture,
and Education
- EDS 125: History, Politics,
and Theory of Bilingual Education
Program
of study for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist
Credential and Master's of Arts in Teaching and
Learning
After completion of the Prerequisite
Component, students complete a program of
study
resulting in the California Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Specialist Credential and the Preliminary
Multiple Subjects
Credential for elementary school teachers.
This program of study consists of courses in bilingual
education theory, methods, and applications to
deaf education in addition to intensive classroom
practice. During the second year of study the
focus is on designing, implementing, and evaluating
a research project. This integration of research
and practice is central to the goal of the M.A.
program to develop teachers as researchers.
A typical program of study includes:
YEAR 1
- Fall
- COM/HIP 124: Voice:
Deaf People in America
- EDS 342A: ASL-English
Bilingual Education Practices
- EDS 361A: Innovative
Instructional Practices
- EDS 201: Intro to Resources for Teaching
and Learning
- EDS 203: Technology, Teaching and Learning
- EDS 250: Equitable Educational Research
and Practice
- Winter
- EDS 342B: ASL-English
Bilingual Ed. Practices
- EDS 361B: Innovative
Instructional Practices
- EDS 369A: Student
Teaching Practicum
- EDS 190: Research Practicum
- EDS 205A: Reflective Teaching Practice
- Spring
- EDS 342C: ASL-English
Bilingual Ed. Practices
- EDS 361C: Innovative
Instructional Practices
- EDS 369B: Student
Teaching Practicum
- EDS 382: Inclusive
Educational Practices
- EDS 205B: Reflective Teaching
Practices
YEAR 2
- Fall
- EDS 351: Teaching
and the English Language Learner
- EDS 240A: Research
in ASL-English Bilingual Education
- EDS 241: Advanced Topics
in Deaf Education
- Winter
- EDS 233A: Topics in
Education Research and Design (recommended)
- EDS 240B: Research
in ASL-English Bilingual Education
- EDS 290: Research Practicum
- Spring
- EDS 349: Deaf Education
Specialist Student Teaching
- EDS 240C: Research
in ASL-English Bilingual Education
- Summer
Resources at UCSD
The University of California, San Diego has long
been a site of new ideas and important research
on American Sign Language and the culture of
deaf
people in the United States. UCSD, therefore,
offers many resources for teacher preparation
in bilingual, multicultural education for deaf
children. Among these resources are the Research
Program for Language and Literacy which is currently
focusing on reading and writing development in
deaf children and several other research projects
on language, cognition, and culture and the UCSD
Linguistics Language Program's ASL activities.
Who
do I contact for further information?
For
more information about the MA-ASL-English Bilingual
Program, please contact Tom Humphries at 828-534-1586
TDD, 858-534-1684 Voice, or email thumphries@ucsd.edu.
For questions about the admissions process,
please
contact Melissa Wolf at 858-532-2177, or mawolf@ucsd.edu.
M.A.
in Teaching and Learning: Bilingual
Education (ASL-English) Theses 2000 -
2007
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