Bradley University Department of Teacher Education

Infobox_University
name = Bradley University


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established = 1897
type = private, coeducational
chairperson = Dean Cantu
dean = Joan Sattler
city = Peoria
state = Illinois
country = USA
undergrad = 5,301
postgrad = 800
faculty = 389
campus = urban, 85 acres (303,514 m²)
nickname = Braves
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website = http://www.bradley.edu/

The Department of Teacher Education is the largest unit in the College of Education and Health Sciences at Bradley University, a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois . It is a medium sized institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

History

, who convinced her to move ahead with her plans to establish the institute. Bradley provided seventeen and a half acres of land, $170,000 for buildings, equipment, and a library, and $30,000 per year for operating expenses.

Originally, the institute was organized as a four-year academy as well as a two-year college. There was only one other high school in the city of Peoria at the time. By 1899 the institute had expanded to accommodate nearly 500 pupils, and study fields included biology, chemistry, food work, sewing, English, German, French, Latin, Greek, history, manual arts, drawing, mathematics, and physics. By 1920 the institute dropped the academy orientation and adopted a four-year collegial program. Enrollment continued to grow over the coming decades and the name "Bradley University" was adopted in 1946. [ [http://www.bradley.edu/about/founding.shtml The Founding of Bradley] ]

Academics

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The College of Education and Health Sciences at Bradley University is NCATE-approved. The Department of Teacher Education offers nationally recognized programs leading to a master’s degree, bachelor’s degree, or certification. Bachelor’s programs include early childhood education, elementary education, special education (LBS I), art education, music education, and eighteen areas of secondary education. Master’s degree programs are in Curriculum and Instruction and Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBS I), the new state designation for cross-category, broad-based special education. The Department of Teacher Education offers the following degrees and programs of study:

Undergraduate Programs

*Early Childhood Education
*Elementary Education
*Elementary Education and Special Education (LBS I)
*Special Education (LBS I)
*Secondary Education

Graduate Programs

*Curriculum & Instruction
*Special Education (LBS I)

External links

* [http://www.bradley.edu/ Bradley University] — official website
* [http://www.bradley.edu/academics/ehs/ College of Education and Health Sciences] — official website
* [http://www.bradley.edu/academics/ehs/teachereducation.shtml Department of Teacher Education] — official website

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