PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Do you enjoy empowering others and helping to support their unique gifts? A MAT in talented and gifted education may be the track to help you enhance your practice in this area, helping to motivate students to succeed for years to come.
Program Details
CREDITS
32
COST PER CREDIT
$348
COURSE FORMAT
Online
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Someone who enjoys motivating others.
- Educators who want to learn about how to more effectively work with students who are talented and gifted.
- Excellent communicators and instructors.
COURSES
Orientation to graduate education programs and readiness for online learning to be completed during the student’s first semester of enrollment. Expectations related to scholarly writing skills are introduced.
Overview of approaches to educational research and pertinent educational theoretical frameworks. Students will examine the role of action research in their practice.
Identify and review scholarly literature, critically evaluate research, and develop skills to write an effective literature review related to topics in talented and gifted education.
Students examine the systematic design feature of action research, with a focus on selecting effective data tools and creating an implementation plan for a research project.
Students examine evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of action research data, as well as designing strategies for instructional adjustment and re-evaluation.
Using foundational methods of design and analysis, students conduct action research related to Talented and Gifted education. A capstone research project, including a review of literature, a systematic inquiry of a research problem, implementation of an intervention, analysis, and interpretation of data, and reflection for instructional adjustment.
Expands the use of technology tools in teaching situations and includes an action inquiry project using a technology-infused solution. Discusses issues related to technology and its use in schools.
Examination of socio-cultural concerns and ethics related to educational foundations with emphasis on contemporary issues influencing curriculum, pedagogy, inclusion, human relations, educational policy, and social justice.
- EDUC 580 (4 cr): Development and Management of Gifted Programs
- EDUC 581 (3 cr): Curriculum and Methods for the Gifted
- EDUC 584 (3 cr): Psychology of the Talented & Gifted
- EDUC 585 (2 cr): Social & Emotional Needs of the Talented & Gifted Learner
- EDUC 586 (2 cr): Talented and Gifted Special Populations
- EDUC 587 (2 cr): Challenging the Secondary Talented & Gifted Learner
- EDUC 588 (2 cr): STEM (STREAAM) for the Talented and Gifted Learner
- EDUC 589 (2 cr): Challenging the Younger Talented and Gifted Learner
- EDUC 590 (2 cr): Creativity and the Talented and Gifted Learner
Additional Program Details
Application Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United State Department of Education.
- A minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale is required for admission. If an applicant does not have a 2.75 cumulative GPA, the last 60 hours of coursework completed will be considered under the same requirements.
We accept official electronic transcripts!
FINANCIAL AID
There is a $150 non-refundable clinical course fee (required for some endorsement programs) and a $150 graduation fee (a one-time fee for degree programs) and a one-time Graduate Orientation Course fee of $230.
Teach Grants
Students seeking a master’s degree in education may be eligible for a federal TEACH grant.
Other Aid
Students enrolled in at least five (5) credit hours per term may be eligible for the following:
Additional information may be found online at the following websites:
- FFEL and Direct Stafford Loan Cancellation for Teachers (up to $5,000 or $17,500) and/or Federal Perkins Loan Teacher Cancellation (up to 100%)
- Teach Iowa Scholar Program
- Federal TEACH Grant (Loan) Program
Professional Licensure Disclosure
Degree or endorsement programs offered by the Sharon Walker School of Education at Morningside University that prepare students for licensure as educators are designed to meet the licensure standards set by the Iowa Department of Education.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION CONTACTS
Kendall Saunders
Administrative Assistant
I love working at Morningside because of the dynamic environment, diverse interactions, and sense of purpose it offers. It is fulfilling and rewarding to be able to assist students, faculty, and staff to contribute to the university’s success.
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Morningside University
Sharon Walker School of Education
1501 Morningside Avenue
Sioux City, IA 51106
