Program looks
at urban areas
■The masters-level dass
gives students a chance to
focus on specific problems
related to their field.
BY UNDSEY BAKER
Though many UNL students
come from smaller towns or
cities, they can now learn about
teaching in larger urban areas
through a new group of
Teachers College classes.
Under a new focus in the
Teachers College, masters-level
students can learn about work
ing in urban areas.
The focus area is under the
heading masters degree in edu
cation in curriculum and
instruction with a focus on
urban education and diversity.
David Callejo-Perez, an
assistant professor in the
Teachers College, said he and
Assistant Professor Margaret
Macintyre Latta created the
focus by grouping together
existing classes.
“All the stuff existed here
before... all it needed was to be
put together," Callejo-Perez
said.
The classes focus on issues
students might encounter in
urban settings - poverty, cul
ture, urban students and diver
sity.
Macintyre Latta said the
focus area was not limited to
teachers. She said anyone work
ing in a profession that focused
on helping people, such as
church support groups or youth
agencies, could look into the
cluster of classes.
Callejo-Perez said education
didn’t just occur in the school
house. It can be “anything,” any
where, he said.
its not centered on schools
only,” he said. “We define edu
cation broadly.”
Students can participate in
the Cohort Focus, where 20 to 25
students attend class together
throughout the school year, on
Saturdays or through online
courses.
The focus also includes a
heavy load of electives, which
students take on their own dur
ing their first summer of classes.
The second summer of the
focus area, Macintyre Latta said,
was devoted to completing a
research project.
Callejo-Perez said the focus
was offered as part of a two-year
masters degree program, so full
time employees could continue
working while attending school.
“We hope to give people
tools which they can then use in
order to ask questions and
implement changes in their
workplaces,” Callejo-Perez said.
James Smith, director of
Multi-Cultural Affairs, said he
hoped a diverse group of stu
dents took advantage of the
focus area to improve the state.
“Nebraska will become a
better place and a more livable
place,” he said.
Macintyre Latta said bring
ing together students from dif
ferent disciplines, grade levels
uIt’s not centered on
schools only. We
define education
broadly
David Callejo-Perez
UNL assistant professor
and work places brought rich
ness and diversity to the group.
“This focus area is very
unique,” she said.
Callejo-Perez said the focus
area had received interest from
students as far as Kansas City,
Mo.
To get more information on
a masters in education in cur
riculum learning and instruc
tion with a focus on urban edu
cation and diversity contact
Macintyre Latta at
mlatta2@unl.edu or Callejo
Perez at dcallejo@unl.edu.
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