Master of Arts Teaching in Critical Bilingual Education (Spanish)

San Jose State University

The Master of Arts Teaching (MAT) degree program, offered by the Department of Teacher Education, prepares teacher candidates to engage in social justice teaching practices, contribute to the development of cultural literacy, provide education that promotes democracy, and develop content knowledge expertise to teach in urban and suburban schools. The program additionally prepares teacher candidates to provide instruction for multilingual learners and students with special needs. Teacher candidates also will learn to set up a supportive classroom environment based on social-emotional learning principles and experience collaborative co-teaching experiences with successful mentor teachers in the field. Finally, teacher candidates will design, carry out, and report on classroom-based teacher inquiry. Bilingual Candidates admitted to the Critical Bilingual Concentration will specialize further in the application of the knowledge and skills developed in the MAT to current issues in bilingual education. Additionally, they will engage with content specific to bilingual education that prepares them as transformational bilingual educators and leaders in their communities.