{"id":647,"date":"2016-05-11T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T15:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education-draft\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:10:47","slug":"m-a-elementary-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/","title":{"rendered":"M.A. Elementary Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>M.A. in Education<\/h1>\n<h2>Elementary Education Specialization<\/h2>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"m-a-elementary-ed\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-m-a-elementary-ed\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-4298\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4298\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4301\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4301\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4304\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4307\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4307\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: right;margin: 30px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/ma-elementary.jpg\" alt=\"teacher working with young student\"><\/div>\n<p>The Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Education&nbsp;specialization offers&nbsp;advanced study for certified elementary teachers (grades 1-6).<\/p>\n<p>Many teachers find that while they are keeping current in their profession, they would like an opportunity for more in-depth study of an area that impacts their teaching and student learning. The M.A.&nbsp;program provides you this opportunity to delve deeper into a specific area, as well as advance your professional career.<\/p>\n<p>You might want to explore current issues in the profession, sampling a range of courses across topics such as teaching second language English learners, co-teaching, or teaching and learning with digital technologies. Or you might want a master&#8217;s degree to receive higher pay or qualify for career advancement opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your motivation, this program is flexible enough to be built around your needs and interests. The program has three core courses and a thesis or non-thesis option. Of the 30 credits required, 18 credits are selected in consultation with an advisor and become your focus. The resulting program of study is your pathway to completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.A. in Education Elementary Education Specialization Overview The Master of Arts in Education with Elementary Education&nbsp;specialization offers&nbsp;advanced study for certified elementary teachers (grades 1-6). Many teachers find that while they are keeping current in their profession, they would like an opportunity for more in-depth study of an area that impacts their teaching and student learning. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":595,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16172,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions\/16172"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}