Welcome to Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s, Teacher Education Department
Advancing equity through excellence in education
As an education department at a land-grant institution, our mission is to benefit local, regional, national, and global communities by preparing teachers, educators and education researchers, and through our engagement in educational outreach.
Sources: 2021 Teacher Preparation Report Card; University of Tennessee, Knoxville News, February 2021
Our Degrees, Minors, and Areas of Study
American Sign Language; art education; English as a Second Language education; secondary English education; secondary social science education; VolsTeach math; VolsTeach science; world language education
Applied Behavior Analysis; Educational Studies (non-licensure); Professional Internship (Post-Baccalaureate) (initial licensure); Practitioner (Job-Embedded Program) (Initial Licensure) (Distance Education)
Specialist in Education (EdS) degrees in:
Applied Behavior Analysis; art education; educational technology (available via distance education); elementary education; English education; literacy education; mathematics education; practitioner (available via distance education); science education; social science education; special education; world/ESL language education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in:
Special education / Deaf education / Interpreter education; Literacy Studies; Teacher education
Graduate Certificate / Additional Endorsement Programs in:
American Sign Language education; art education (K-12); Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (PreK-12); educational technology; elementary education; English as a Second Language (PreK-12); gifted education (PreK-12); literacy specialist; rehabilitation counseling for the Deaf; secondary English education; secondary mathematics education; secondary science education; secondary social science education; social justice education; special education comprehensive (K-12) and interventionist (K-8) & (6-12); STEM leadership; urban education; world languages (PreK-12)
Concentration and Specialization Areas of Study:
- elementary and secondary education – in several specialization areas, including: English, English as a Second Language (ESL), art, mathematics, science, social sciences, and world language education
- audiology and speech pathology
- cultural studies in educational foundations
- Deaf studies: American Sign Language (ASL) education; education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; educational interpreting; and rehabilitation counseling for the Deaf
- literacy education / studies: children’s and young adult literature; literacy education; literacy specialist
- social justice education
- special education (interventionist 6-12 and comprehensive K-12);
- STEM education: educational technology; mathematics (including middle grades math); science (including middle grades science); STEM leadership; VolsTeach secondary (biology, chemistry, math or physics)
Students – please be sure to check with your instructor in the first instance for any questions you may have about your TPTE-related classes.
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