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Master of Arts in Technology
Education
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Convenient, Flexible, High Quality, Affordable
Ball State University now offers its long-established Master of Arts degree in Technology Education
over the Internet. The
mission of the Master of
Arts in Technology Education program is to prepare graduates who
possess theoretical and practical understanding of technological
content, pedagogy, and research to effectively implement and improve
Technology Education. |
 Technology
Education is the curriculum that evolved out of Industrial
Arts, and Technology Teachers enjoy working with students in high
school, middle school, and elementary school, providing them fun, hands
on experiences in areas such as computers, manufacturing processes,
graphics, transportation systems, pre-engineering, and many more. |
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The
Master of Arts in Technology Education
is designed to meet the needs of current technology teachers, or those
who have previously completed a bachelor's degree in Technology
Education. Many school districts increase a teacher's salary when they
earn a masters degree, or even after taking just a few classes. In some
states, a masters degree is required for professional teacher
certification. This masters does not provide initial teacher licensure,
but some of the courses it contains may be used in pursuit of a teaching
license. The MA in Technology
Education can also be useful to those who teach about technology at any
level. However, it is not a degree in Educational Technology (which
looks at how technologies are used to support learning.) |
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Earn a masters degree online, or take a
single course for graduate credit. Either way you'll be able to learn
from top professors in Technology Education without making a single trip
to campus. There's plenty of personal contact with professors and other
students. And online courses are of the same high quality as
face-to-face courses, but they cost less.
Related education
standards:
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INTASC -
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
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NBPTS - National Board
of Professional Teaching Standards
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IPSB -
Indiana Professional Standards Board
Tuition Rates:
Graduate tuition for online
courses
through Ball State University's School of Extended Education has been
less than on-campus tuition. The following
rates were set by the BSU Board of Trustees.
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010:
- In-state (Indiana Residents): $256 /
credit ($768 for a 3-credit course)
- Out-of-state: $454/credit ($1362 for a
3-credit course)
Summer 2010 through Spring 2011:
- In-state (Indiana Residents): $266 /
credit ($798 for a 3-credit course)
- Out-of-state: $482/credit ($1446 for a
3-credit course)
Summer 2011:
- In-state (Indiana Residents): $276 /
credit ($828 for a 3-credit course)
- Out-of-state: $510/credit ($1530 for a
3-credit course)
There is also a one-time $50 admission
fee for US residents. This tuition
rate for online courses is considerably less than the rate for the same
course taught by the same professor on-campus. For example, an on-campus
3-credit hour graduate course for out-of-state students in Spring 2010
costs $2628 plus fees. Even without considering extra fees, that same
course taken online costs only 52% as much.
Out-of-state tuition is higher
because Ball State receives partial state funding for each Indiana
resident taking a course. For more information, see
www.bsu.edu/distance/tuition/.
Program Requirements: Total
Hours Required: 30
Professional
Core (Select any 15 hrs.)
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[ITEDU 510 Technology: Use and
Assessment (3) This course was approved by the department's Graduate
Committee and will appear in the next graduate catalog as part of the
professional core. If you are interested in using it for a core requirement
prior to that time, ask your advisor.]
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ITEDU 635
Implementing Technology
Education (3)
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ITEDU 690 History and Philosophy
of Technology Education (3)
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ITEDU 691 Strategies & Materials
for Teaching Technology Education (3)
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ITEDU 694 Curriculum Development
in Technology Education (3)
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ITEDU 698 Seminar in Technology
Education (3)
Research
Requirements (3 hrs required, 3 - 9 hrs possible)
Electives
(to achieve 30 total program hrs)
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ITEDU 550 Career and Technical
Student Organizations (renamed) (3)
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EDPSY 641 Statistical Methods in Education and
Psychological Research (3)
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Courses from the online Career & Technical
Education Program
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(other electives or transfer
credits approved by the program advisor)
Course
Descriptions
To find out when a course
is planned to be offered, click on "Class Schedule."
Please note that course offerings and faculty assignments are subject to
change. Course information on welcome pages and syllabi is subject to
change, and in some cases represents previous offerings rather than
future offerings.
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Total
Hours Required: 30
Professional
Core (15 hrs required):
ITEDU 510 Technology: Use and
Assessment (3). Students analyze "the use and assessment of technology.
Topics include usability testing, user surveying, technology assessment
techniques, environmental impact assessment, and forecasting."
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ITEDU 635 Implementing Technology
Education (3). A laboratory-based experience that emphasizes the
implementation of technology education.
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ITEDU 690 History and Philosophy
of Technology Education (3). "Am examination of the historical development and philosophical
foundations of technology education. Not open to students who have credit in
ITEDU 568.
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ITEDU 691 Strategies & Materials
for Teaching Technology Education (3). This course is "a study of
individualized and group teaching and learning strategies and the selection,
production, and use of instructional materials to support them."
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Info
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ITEDU 694 Curriculum Development
in Technology Education (3). A review of the philosophical, sociological,
and psychological bases for curriculum constructions with the intent to develop
a technology education program for the secondary school.
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ITEDU 698 Seminar in Technology
Education (3). "An
exploration of current problems and issues in technology education."
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Research
Requirements (3 hrs required, 3 - 9 hrs possible):
ITEDU 699 Research in Technical Education (3).
This course is "a review of existing research in technology education and
vocational industrial education with references to its scope and usefulness.
Design and interpretation of individual and group research is
required."
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THES 698 Thesis (1-6).
Thesis "must be taken for a total of 6 hours of credit."
[Note, the thesis is option, but if it is taken, it must be taken for 6 hours,
total.]
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Directed Electives
(6 to 12 hrs, to achieve 30 total program hrs):
ITEDU 550 Career and Technical Student
Organizations (3). This course "emphasizes the
implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of vocational student organizations.
Not open to students who have credit in ITEDU 290.
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ITEDU 600 Special Topics: Curriculum Evaluation
in Technical Education (3).
This course provides an
overview of the models and analytical methods that are employed to make
judgments about the worth and merit of curriculum and curricular programs.
Students will plan, conduct, and report an evaluation study of a curricular
program which builds technological literacy or technical skills.
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EDPSY 641 Statistical Methods in Educational and
Psychological Research (3). "A basic statistical course for graduate
students in education. Problems taken from the fields of education and
psychology include the computation, interpretation, and application of such
statistical techniques as measures of central tendency, measures of
variability, correlation techniques, validity and reliability, standard
scoring techniques, probability, tests of significance, chi square, and
analysis of variance."
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(other electives or transfer
credits approved by the program advisor)
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Note: Course offerings and faculty assignments are subject to
change. Course information on welcome pages and syllabi is subject to
change, and in some cases represents previous offerings rather than
future offerings.
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