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If you are an experienced educator who wants to be at the forefront of educational change and progress in Native American communities, this is a good choice for you. Design your own research project while you incorporate Native perspectives, culture and values. Join a challenging and supportive environment while you create educational models with a Northwest Native focus for schools, colleges and communities.
Sample Classes
Critical Issues in Native American Education (4)
This course addresses educational issues from birth through adulthood in Native American communities. The course pays particular attention to the Pacific Northwest community. Emphasis is placed on solutions for current educational issues and how to involve families and communities with schools and other educational institutions.
Leadership (4)
This course provides an overview of the wide landscape of educational change in American schools and society—past and present. Students gain a broad perspective on critical issues of reform and innovation so they are able to evaluate the merit and effects of change projects.
Research and Grant Writing (4)
This course is a combination of research, methodology and application process. Students have the opportunity to locate funding sources and then write a grant for a project of their choice.
Diversity (4)
Students begin by constructing a critical and historical context for today’s issues of race, class and gender and then progress to an examination of culture and how it affects education and learning. Finally, the course addresses how students and teachers from diverse backgrounds can deal with cultural differences in the classroom.
Oral History (4)
This course, in the qualitative research series, introduces the collection of oral histories to master's students. Students read about the use of oral histories in Native American communities as well as in public and tribal schools. They learn how to design and do an interview, as well as how to analyze relevant documents. Each student identifies a researchable question and practices the technique by gathering one brief oral history of someone in the community. Ethical and legal issues are discussed at length.
Tribal Law (4)
The course presents an overview of the laws and legal issues facing educators today with particular attention to specific laws affecting Native Americans. Issues include sovereignty, language policy, tribal schools and constitutional matters.
Project Planning and Project Completion (4 credits each)
This sequence provides a structure for students to create and implement an inquiry-based educational project. Students submit a report that demonstrates successful completion of the project.
Arts, Culture and Learning (3)
Why the arts? How are they manifested in diverse cultures? Why do psychological, philosophical, spiritual and artistic views of the arts collide, harmonize or collude—what are these world views? These are the essential questions that drive this course. Participants deepen their understanding, appreciation and confidence in guiding their potential students and themselves into the core of being human—generating beauty, communion and the zest for life. Students work in an environment where they can explore with joy, humor, good times and purpose the diverse ways the arts can articulate soul and bring forth community, self-expression and celebration.
How to Apply
To apply to the M.A. Education for Experienced Educators program click here.
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