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

Courses

All Geography Courses now in Summer

Assignments

Building towards Capstone

Building Geographic Knowledge

Now, overview classes

GCU u 671 & 672 is first summer session (June) u 673 & 674 is 2 nd summer session (July) u Combined for Financial Aid purposes u Can always “back off” & take 1 at a time

GCU 671 u Foundation of best practice lesson bank

GCU 671 u Lots of lessons to select to critique & write assessments

GCU 671 u All grade levels

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

GCU 671 u Lessons emphasizing culture Ekiss - The eyes have it

GCU 671 u Lessons linking reading & geography Rees - Silk Road

GCU 671 u All geography elements (concepts), including physical geography Sandscapes to landscapes

GCU Physical Geography for teachers A core of geography

Delivery - like this

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

Explains a lot about Earth

Process-culture connections

Class is Buffet Your Assessments focus on your classroom

GCU Human Geography for Teachers (AP HG) u Core of geography

Similar delivery & assessments to 672

Topics may surprise & delight

GCU GeoTechniques u Field Methods u GPS u Remote Sensing u Cartography u Geographic Information Science (GIS)

Similar delivery, different assessments for you

Give you basic cartography background

You will critique maps

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

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

Start with the ASU model

This model heavy in historical geography

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

GCU North American Geography for Teachers

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

Rich emphasis in historical geography

Recommend (not require) u Meinig - Shaping of America series

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

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

Then -- Capstone with COE partners u COE 501 (Introduction to Educational Research) – Summer Sessions class (but sometimes scheduled in Fall semesters, depending on professor Ganesh u SED 593 (Applied Project - on your “burning passion”) – Typically Winter Session class

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

COE 501 will have a text with specific assignments

SED 593

Link classes with your passion gradually u Last geog. class has you organize the capstone paper