Scope and Sequence of MAS-GE

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Scope and Sequence of MAS-GE

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

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Courses
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Some Flexibility in Scheduling
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Assignments
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Building towards Capstone
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Building Geographic Knowledge
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Now, overview classes
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GCU 671-672-673

• Fall courses to reduce tuition (for in-state
  students, pay 7 get 10)
• Combined for Financial Aid purposes
• Split schedule to reduce stress (671 from Aug -
  mid Nov., 672 673 mid-Nov to mid-Feb)
• Can always back off take 1 at a time

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GCU 671

• Foundation of best practice lesson bank

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GCU 671

• Lots of lessons to select to critique write
  assessments

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GCU 671

• All grade levels

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GCU 671

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

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GCU 671

• Lessons emphasizing culture
• Ekiss - The eyes have it

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GCU 671

• Lessons linking reading geography
• Rees - Silk Road

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GCU 671

• All geography elements (concepts), including
  physical geography
• Sandscapes to
• landscapes

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GCU 672 - Physical Geography for teachers

• A core of
• geography

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Delivery - like this
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Gives you background to have expertise to not
simply replay media stories
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Explains a lot about Earth
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Process-culture connections
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Class is Buffet

• Your
• Assessments
• focus on
• your
• classroom

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GCU 673 - Human Geography for Teachers (AP HG)

• Core of
• geography

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Similar delivery assessments to 672
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Topics may surprise delight
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Spring (mid-Feb-May) courses

• 7 units -- to match Financial Aid requirements
• GCU 674 (GeoTechniques)
• GCU 675 (World Regional for Teachers)

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GCU 674 - GeoTechniques

• Field Methods
• GPS
• Remote Sensing
• Cartography
• Geographic Information Science (GIS)

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Similar delivery, different assessments for you
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Give you basic cartography background
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You will critique maps
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Will not go into depth, but just provide enough
to take another class
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GCU 675 - World Geography for Teachers

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

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Start with the ASU model
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This model heavy in historical geography
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What you do

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

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Summer/Fall classes

• Do work over the summer (GCU 676, 677) and sign
  up as Fall semester class
• Full semester Fall class (COE 501)
• Combined to reduce costs (Az residents pay for 7,
  take 10)

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GCU 676 - North American Geography for Teachers
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Similar delivery assessments to GCU 672/673

• Allow you to link geography history, but with
  richness of regional geography

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Rich emphasis in historical geography
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Recommend (not require)

• Meinig - Shaping of America series

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GCU 677 - Geography Across the Curriculum

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

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Chance to link spatial thinking to key societal
issues in what you teach
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Then -- Capstone with COE partners

• COE 501 (Introduction to Educational Research) -
  All Fall Semester
• SED 593 (Applied Project - on your burning
  passion) - Until March, when we gather in person
  to share and celebrate

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COE 501

• Dr. Ganesh has adapted this requirement for
  online for this program

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COE 501 will have a text with specific assignments
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SED 593
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Link classes with your passion gradually

• Last geog. class has you organize the capstone
  paper