The Helen DeVos College of Education
seeks to promote practices and programs
that facilitate teaching and learning.
This occurs in the classroom and outside
of the classroom through modeling best
practice, encouraging experimentation
and innovation, research, and
facilitating programs that positively
affect the learner in his/her
environment. The Helen DeVos College of Education
includes the Department of Early
Childhood, Elementary, and Special
Education and the Department of Health,
Exercise Science, and Secondary
Education. The Department of Early
Childhood, Elementary, and Special
Education offers majors in HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD;
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; and SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
The Department of Health, Exercise
Science, and Secondary Education offers
majors in ATHLETIC TRAINING, HEALTH
EDUCATION, HEALTH SCIENCE with an
emphasis in Fitness/Wellness, PHYSICAL
EDUCATION, and PHYSICAL EDUCATION with
an emphasis in Recreation. The
department also offers minors in
FITNESS/WELLNESS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
RECREATION, and COACHING, as well as the
professional education courses required
for secondary and music education
majors. Graduate degrees are also
offered with programs in classroom
teaching, educational leadership, and
special education.
At the heart of the Helen DeVos College
of Education is the Teacher Education
Program, which is the mechanism that
governs all teacher preparation and
licensure programs. Thus, the College
collaborates with other departments on
campus to provide a broad-based
curriculum of liberal arts, specialty
area study, and professional education.
Experiential learning is highly valued
as students construct understandings and
develop problem-solving skills in the
context of real-world situations.
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