This is a Bachelor of Science in Education (Vocational) for teachers of trades. The students in this program later are employed either in their trade area, or in a vocational technical school, or in a comprehensive high school. Since the students in this program are employed during the day, the program is offered on a part time basis in the evening. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a conferred degree is not a requirement for teaching a trade in a vocational school.
Vocational Technical Education Degree (B.S.E.)
Part of the
Education Department in the
College of Professional Studies
Requirements
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of their programs of study, our Education majors will understand:
- Their own history, identity, and position within US society and that of others, and related impact on teaching and learning.
- Human variability, and the value of strength-based perspectives in work with children, families, communities.
- The critical role of the teacher in enacting a humanizing pedagogy that is anchored in the needs, identities, and lived experiences of students, families, and broader community.
- The history, complexity, and power of institutional settings such as schools, and the ethical responsibility of a teacher in working for justice.
- The big ideas of disciplinary content and tools for inquiry, research, and curriculum design and implementation across content areas relevant to P-12 teaching.
- The architecture of the ‘self’ (Sealy-Ruiz), the imperative of critical self-reflection for personal/professional growth.