Curriculum & Teaching
The University of Kansas Center for Economic Education (KU CEE) provides teacher training programs to increase knowledge of basic economics and provide high quality methods and materials to teach K-12 students. The KU CEE is dedicated to increasing the economic literacy of our nation's youth to better prepare them for their futures as individuals and as citizens. By increasing the economic literacy of their teachers, KU CEE multiplies efforts as the teachers, in turn, reach many of their students.
The core requirement for doctoral students in the School of Education includes courses in statistics or research, human learning or development, history, philosophy, or social foundations of education and general curriculum or general instructional strategies.
KU Center for Economic Education
Kansas Council on Economic Education
National Council on Economic Education
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The Department of Curriculum and Teaching offers graduate teaching assistantships that enable students to be employed while completing an advanced degree. Graduate assistantships are available for student teacher supervision, undergraduate teaching, and work on research projects. This also could include assisting faculty with course instruction or research and/or supervising student teachers at the elementary, middle, or secondary levels. Applicants pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching are preferred. Classroom teaching experience is highly preferred.
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