Master of Arts in Teaching
- noun
- /ˈmæstər əv ɑrts ɪn ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/
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Máster en Educación
- Many students choose a Master of Arts in Teaching program to gain practical experience in classrooms while studying educational theories.
- Master of Arts in Teaching program
Examples
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The University of South Carolina recently began to provide certification in early childhood and elementary education in a fifteen-month graduate program leading to the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT).
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Cooperating teachers described in this article worked with student teachers completing their final semester of student teaching in a Master of Arts in Teaching program at a small liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest.
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I have taught ESL in public schools for several years, and in December, I will have a Master of Arts in Teaching ESL.
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She also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor's degree in English.
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Of the fifty-seven institutions initially surveyed, it was discovered that seven no longer offered a teacher certification program in physical education, and one institution offered certification in physical education only through its Master of Arts in Teaching program.
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To become certified, students must complete an additional summer session and a fifth-year internship and are then awarded a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree.
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Patricia Piver (Ed.D.) is the Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Teaching programs, Spadoni College of Education at Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina.
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After earning my undergraduate degree, I decided to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching to improve my teaching skills.
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With a Master of Arts in Teaching, graduates often find better job opportunities in the field of education.
Synonyms
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A university degree for people who want to teach
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Surface Forms
Morphology
master + of + arts + in + teaching
The phrase is fully compositional: 'master' denotes a postgraduate degree, 'of arts' marks the degree type, and 'in teaching' specifies the subject area, so a learner who knows those words can infer it is a postgraduate degree in teaching. Degree-naming conventions like 'Master of Arts in ...' are common cross-linguistically, making the construction predictable for B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Master of Arts in Teaching comes from old universities where a master was a teacher who had 'mastered' a subject, and arts meant the main subjects people studied, while teaching shows the focus. So today Master of Arts in Teaching means 'a higher degree' for people who study and practice how to teach.