The Teacher
Education programs at PBU exist to prepare reflective
and highly skilled men and women of academic excellence
and Christian character for the teaching profession.
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The program provides thorough preparation
for teaching in public, Christian, and other private
and international schools.
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The program emphasizes a broad yet organized and sequenced
body of general and subject-specific knowledge that
forms the subject matter to be taught.
- The total curriculum for teacher education is designed
to develop critical and creative thinking, a thirst
for knowledge, a desire to know truth, a passion for
intellectual coherency, and the disposition to engage
and excite learners toward these intellectual ends.
- The Teacher Education curriculum is designed to
thoroughly prepare the candidate to promote learning
in diverse student populations in the Commonwealth
of PA and around the world.
- The program is performance-based, requiring measured
effectiveness and competence in the content and delivery
of the curriculum, in human relations, and in professionalism
in an authentic setting: the school.
- The overall candidate preparation is enhanced as
the beliefs and values inherent in a Christian worldview,
especially the “love of God and love of one’s
neighbor,” are taught through biblical studies
and integrated throughout the university life and
curriculum.
- Character development is at the heart of a PBU
education across all University schools and is of
utmost importance in the field of education.
Vision Statement:
Faculty
members in the School of Education take seriously
the education of every student accepted into the program.
Each faculty member is committed to high standards
and quality preparation for each student. The goal
of the School of Education is to deliver highly effective
and reflective educators prepared to serve the children
of the Commonwealth, the United States, and the world,
for God’s glory.
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