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Teacher Education (MA)

The Master of Arts in Teacher Education is a 2-year program tailored to the working professional. This program prepares teachers to improve their practice as teachers, become teacher leaders in schools, districts, and other educational settings, and pursue doctoral studies or other advanced scholarship. The courses enhance candidates’ abilities to work with both children and teachers and to promote democracy in schools, also preparing candidates to conduct original research in educational settings.
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Contact

205 MCKB
(801) 422-2089
tedgradsec@byu.edu
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The Department of Teacher Education offers one graduate program, a Master of Arts (MA) in Teacher Education. The aim of the Master of Arts (MA) program in Teacher Education is to provide a rigorous program focused on inquiry that prepares candidates to improve their practice as teachers, become teacher leaders in schools, districts, and other educational settings, and prepare for doctoral studies or other advanced scholarship.

Chair:  Ryan Nixon
Graduate Coordinator:  Erin Whiting

Resources & Opportunity

Computer laboratories on campus provide students with internet access and assistance with electronic thesis submission. Mac and Windows computers in the laboratories also provide graduate students with a variety of computer software packages. All computers have access to myBYU and Learning Suite which provide services such as e-mail and class discussion groups.

Graduate student office space is available for graduate students who are working with faculty on research, evaluation, and development projects.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance for tuition, books, travel or other expenses is granted to graduate students in the Department of Teacher Education as university funding permits. A limited number of research assistantships may also be funded through faculty research grants.