Scope and Sequence of MAS-GE

1. Scope and Sequence of MAS-GE • Goal of the presentation is to give you an explanation for the entirety of the program of study • Ultimately - an undergraduate student consumes knowledge and a graduate produces knowledge (in this case for your classroom & colleagues)

2. Courses

3. Some Flexibility in Scheduling

4. Assignments

5. Building towards Capstone

6. Building Geographic Knowledge

7. Now, overview classes

8. GCU 671-672-673 • Fall courses to reduce tuition (for in-state students, pay 7 & get 10) • Combined for Financial Aid purposes • Split schedule to reduce stress (671 from Aug - mid Nov., 672 & 673 mid-Nov to mid-Feb) • Can always “back off” & take 1 at a time

9. GCU 671 • Foundation of best practice lesson bank

13. GCU 671 • Lots of lessons to select to critique & write assessments

14. GCU 671 • All grade levels

15. GCU 671 • Ability to focus on NCLB (reading, writing, math) through GeoLiteracy & Geomath lessons for K-8 students

18. GCU 671 • Lessons emphasizing culture Ekiss - The eyes have it

19. GCU 671 • Lessons linking reading & geography Rees - Silk Road

20. GCU 671 • All geography elements (concepts), including physical geography Sandscapes to landscapes

21. GCU 672 - Physical Geography for teachers A core of geography

22. Delivery - like this

23. Gives you background to have expertise to not simply replay media stories

24. Explains a lot about Earth

25. Process-culture connections

26. Class is Buffet Your Assessments focus on your classroom

27. GCU 673 - Human Geography for Teachers (AP HG) • Core of geography

28. Similar delivery & assessments to 672

29. Topics may surprise & delight

30. Spring (mid-Feb-May) courses • 7 units -- to match Financial Aid requirements • GCU 674 (GeoTechniques) • GCU 675 (World Regional for Teachers)

31. GCU 674 - GeoTechniques • Field Methods • GPS • Remote Sensing • Cartography • Geographic Information Science (GIS)

32. Similar delivery, different assessments for you

33. Give you basic cartography background

34. You will critique maps

35. Will not go into depth, but just provide enough to take another class

36. GCU 675 - World Geography for Teachers • Many teach world geography at different levels • Many interested in community college instruction (typically 24 units in the subject matter & masters) • This class goal is to analyze & start preparation for teaching World Geography at the community college level

37. Start with the ASU model

38. This model heavy in historical geography

39. What you do: • Analyze syllabi & turn in your own • Analyze ASU lectures • Pick 1 region & prepare EVERYTHING (powerpoints, student activities, test) needed to roll into the classroom • In the process, think differently about the way you teach regions in your classes

40. Summer/Fall classes • Do work over the summer (GCU 676, 677) and sign up as Fall semester class • Full semester Fall class (COE 501) • Combined to reduce costs (Az residents pay for 7, take 10)

41. GCU 676 - North American Geography for Teachers

42. Similar delivery & assessments to GCU 672/673 • Allow you to link geography & history, but with richness of regional geography

43. Rich emphasis in historical geography

44. Recommend (not require) • Meinig - Shaping of America series

45. GCU 677 - Geography Across the Curriculum • Different assessments for elementary, MS social studies, HS social studies & Science • If you have a different teaching assignment, please bring this up & we can discuss the assessments that best fit your educational setting

46. Chance to link spatial thinking to key societal issues in what you teach

47. Then -- Capstone with COE partners • COE 501 (Introduction to Educational Research) - All Fall Semester • SED 593 (Applied Project - on your “burning passion”) - Until March, when we gather in person to share and celebrate

48. COE 501 • Dr. Ganesh has adapted this requirement for online & for this program

49. COE 501 will have a text with specific assignments

50. SED 593