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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 (Elementary Education); Middle Grades; and SPECIAL EDUCATION.
The Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Secondary Education offers majors in ATHLETIC TRAINING, HEALTH/WELLNESS EDUCATION (Health and Physical education license), HEALTH SCIENCE with an emphasis in Fitness/Wellness, 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.
Helen DeVos College of Education Departments