<p>I was looking on their website and I couldn't see an education major anywhere. I want to major in education and hopefully minor in film studies/film acting and I heard that their film department is really good but if they don't let you major in education it's kind of a dealbreaker for me. Answer please?</p>
<p>If it’s not on the website, it probably doesn’t exist. Try emailing them?</p>
<p>ok I will try that. I couldn’t find any education majors for yale or princeton either…</p>
<p>There is a new education minor but no major. I have been in a few of the education classes, and they have been great. However, the philosophy of the department is that teachers should have a strong liberal arts background focused in a traditional discipline and then training in education. This means practicums and graduate school, but not a major. Not that you can’t be a great teacher with an education major, but Georgetown has set up its department in this way. Yale and Princeton may have a similar philosophy.</p>
<p>Well I’m hoping to go into elementary education. Can you still get your teaching certificate?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure it is not a credential program.</p>
<p>A lot of students join teach for america or teach at private schools after graduation. Don’t think you need a certificate for these.</p>
<p>You are not going to find an education major at any top schools besides maybe Vanderbilt and Northwestern. The majority of students applying to these schools are far to bright to be elementary school teachers. In fact most schoolteachers that aren’t employed by a college went to state schools. Besides, education is a useless major. You spend 4 years and thousands of dollars to teach little kids how to color with crayons add 2+2. If you have your heart set on education look at less prestigious schools.</p>
<p>There is no Education major - only a minor. There are, however, a lot of classes on teaching and learning, spanning many departments. (Linguistics, Philosophy, English, etc. )</p>
<p>The Film minor is not acting based at all. There is a Theater and Performance Studies major/minor if you would like to take something performance-based, but the Film minor is theory and production focused.</p>
<p>Usually I avoid making contrarian statements on the internet, but I fundamentally disagree with Scurrilous’s assessment of the intelligence on elementary school teachers. Furthermore, I think that type of attitude is one of the major obstacles facing the education system in the US. Teachers are professionals. As such, all teachers should be well educated in a wide of variety of the liberal arts, as well as psychology, child development, and education theory. Children benefit from teachers who are versed in the advancements of the field, for they are more prepared to meet its growing challenges. Today more than ever a teacher does so much more than “teach a child 2 + 2,” they are the frontline in dealing with the social inequality, behavioral issues, and mental health of the next generation. If we continue to treat teachers as babysitters we miss a significant opportunity to seek a more just society. </p>
<p>I applaud megan1234 in seeking a high quality education before teaching. Georgetown is a great place to be a future teacher. However, it is the philosophy of school and many of its peer schools that teachers should be first trained as critical thinkers, as students in the traditional disciplines English, Philosophy, Psychology, History, Math, Science ect before pursuing pure teaching theory. Other schools have different philosophies. However, I think that mentality of teacher “training” contributes to the idea that teaching is not an intellectual exercise, but that is just my opinion. There is evidence on both sides. The OP can choose for herself what best suits her philosophy, but it is wrong to chastise her for looking into a different kind of teaching education</p>
<p>My experience as a student indicates that teacher quality is rooted in 2 things: experience and passion for teaching. I’ve had teachers with very high levels of education that were awful, but I’ve never had a bad teacher who loved teaching and had lots of experience.</p>
<p>I haven’t really thought about “being far too bright” to be a teacher or to be an actress. It’s just what I want to do and what I’m good at and how I want to help people. If that means not going to Yale or Princeton or anywhere very prestigious then I guess I’m okay with that.</p>
<p>^If you can get into Yale or Princeton, then you can be a teacher anywhere you want. What grade level do you want to teach? You could teach preschool with a Princeton degree. You just won’t get paid as much as you are worth.</p>
<p>Im not sure, probably kindergarten. The teaching thing is kind of a back up plan if acting doesnt work out. So im trying to find a school thats good in both and will let me double major in them</p>
<p>Have you thought about looking at Theatre Education programs as well? </p>
<p>At James Madison University in VA you could try to double major with education and theatre, but it might be difficult because both are credit intensive, time consuming majors. Most will major in education and minor in theatre. The School of Theatre and Dance are also close to finalizing the Theatre Education Licensure program. This would involve being a Theatre major with the additional teacher licensure requirements.</p>
<p>I have thought about that because at uw madison, if you major in elementary education, you have to choose a minor in theater/drama. I just dont know how important it is to have a major in acting when you get into the acting business. If i didnt major in acting, i could go to a conservatory or something after college.</p>