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Welcome Message from Dr. Vivian Vasquez, Curriculum and Instruction Director
The SETH faculty labored over creating a C and I program, which could provide new ways of thinking about curriculum and instructional issues in educational settings and beyond. One difference lies in our emphasis on the importance of understanding the relationship between theory and practice, where as noted by Larson and Marsh, theory is practice, and practice is theorized as practice is transformed over time. Students in the C and I programs are given multiple opportunities to build a theoretical toolkit for teaching and learning that includes critical literacies and new information communication technologies to create space for developing a deeper understanding of what it means to support diverse learners. Our theorized practices in the C and I programs are grounded in a commitment to social justice and equity. At present we are offering a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and a Graduate Certificate in Curriculum and Instruction. At SETH, we hope to encourage and support those interested in the field of education, to construct curricular practices which provide equitable support for all learners while considering relationships among the individual, the context of their lives, and knowledge systems within which they participate as learners. In so doing, we aim to foster our students’ abilities to create classroom crossroads where worlds can come together and open up new environments for learning. I look forward to meeting you. Sincerely, |
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