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Purpose and Goals

The purpose of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction is to provide regional, national, and international leadership in the study and improvement of teaching and learning in diverse educational settings. The Whitlowe R. Green College of Education’s conceptual framework model, Educators as Facilitators of Learning for Diverse Populations (E-FOLD-P), supports the major goals of the teacher education unit. E-FOLD-P guides the design and implementation of teacher education programs located in the College of Education. This conceptual framework constitutes a commitment by the College to develop and prepare candidates:

• As problem solvers, critical thinkers, and decision makers;
• As reflective and continual learners who utilize effective teaching practices;
• As facilitators of student growth and development, by precept and example; and
• As educators with an understanding and appreciation of human diversity and global awareness.

E-FOLD-P also represents the College’s dedication to the preparation of candidates who are technologically literate themselves and who can integrate technology into the learning environments of their students.

Curriculum and Instruction Programs and Degree Plans

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction addresses its purpose through three interrelated efforts: research, the preparation of teaching/practitioner professionals, and service. In carrying out these efforts, the faculty shares the goals to:

1. Generate, disseminate, and apply new knowledge about teaching, learning and performance, which includes technological innovations, in various educational settings;
2. Identify the factors and features that contribute to the design and implementation of effective professional preparation programs in education;
3. Provide exemplary initial preparation and continuing education programs for teachers/specialists in the traditional major academic content areas and in selected related areas central to the operation of effective schools;
4. Provide the opportunities for advanced-level students in selected specialized areas to become highly competent scholar-researchers and scholar-practitioners;
5. Identify, disseminate, and apply principles of universal design for learning in data collection, analysis, and utilization for academic enhancements.
6. Contribute to the educational development of school-aged, university, and adult students in the region through a variety of direct instructional programs; and
7. Enhance that development further by contributing to the design and implementation of exemplary school-based programs through the College of Education-School-Community partnerships.