{"id":68592,"date":"2023-06-14T04:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=68592"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:58:23","slug":"why-bu-wheelock-changed-its-english-education-mat-degree","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/why-bu-wheelock-changed-its-english-education-mat-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Why BU Wheelock Changed Its English Education MAT Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">English &amp; language arts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy BU Wheelock Changed Its English Education MAT Degree\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 14, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1-900x584.png 900w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1-500x324.png 500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1-992x643.png 992w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/06\/12-1024x664-1-1000x648.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Future English educators enrolled in BU Wheelock\u2019s master of arts in teaching (MAT) program can now do much more than prepare to teach writing, composition, and literature at middle and high school levels. Changes to the program will also prepare them to be teachers that acknowledge past injustices, promote cultural inclusion and diversity, and expand the English curriculum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The updated MAT program, renamed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/academics\/graduate\/mat\/english\/\">English Education for Equity &amp; Social Justice<\/a>, gives students concrete skills they can use in the classroom.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/christina-l-dobbs\/\">Christina Dobbs<\/a>, director of the program, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/davena-jackson\/\">Davena Jackson<\/a>, an assistant professor of English education, recently revised the curriculum for the English Education MAT from the ground up to reflect the values the program espouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Teaching equity and inclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dobbs, teachers want to know exactly how they can build equity and inclusion in their lessons. \u201cA lot of teachers tell me that they want to take these ideas about social justice and add them to their English language arts curriculum,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019ve combined learning how to create a lesson plan or developing a grading approach with broad training about justice matters.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like all of BU Wheelock\u2019s graduate programs, the English Education program has always striven to promote an inclusive attitude. But Dobbs and Jackson wanted to make that emphasis explicit. \u201cWe decided to change the name and make a few changes to make sure the focus of the program was obvious,\u201d says Dobbs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English Education for Equity &amp; Social Justice MAT program gives prospective teachers tools they can use to structure their lessons to incorporate their values. \u201cOur graduates will have a set of skills for planning, instruction, and assessment that are equitable for students from all sorts of backgrounds,\u201d Dobbs says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future English educators enrolled in BU Wheelock\u2019s master of arts in teaching (MAT) program can now do much more than prepare to teach writing, composition, and literature at middle and high school levels. Changes to the program will also prepare them to be teachers that acknowledge past injustices, promote cultural inclusion and diversity, and expand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9274,"featured_media":68595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"English & language arts","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[4016,5642],"bu-publication":[6614],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[6727,6754,6756,6760,6732,6647],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/68592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/68592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70443,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/68592\/revisions\/70443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=68592"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=68592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}