|  The
School of Education
Education courses were offered
at the university from the day its doors opened in 1926. In
1929, Henry Skinner West joined the University of Miami faculty.
“His primary role would be in the field of teacher education,
but his services to the university would be legion.”
He became Dean of the School of Education (and also Dean of
the College of Liberal Arts) until 1940. Graduate courses
in education were first offered in 1941.
Over the years the scope and mission of the school has greatly
expanded. During the 1950’s the School of Education
offered a four-year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor
of Education degree and a Master of Education degree. The
programs offered were in elementary, secondary, health and
physical education, and industrial education. The School first
offered a Doctor of Education and a Doctor of Philosophy degree
in 1959. In 1963, the University’s Graduate School was
formed and provided oversight for all the university’s
various graduate programs.
In 1969, the School underwent its largest expansion. It began
offering programs in Education: Administration, Curriculum
and Instruction; Educational Psychology; Elementary Education;
Health, Physical Education and Recreation; and Industrial
Education. By 1972, the School offered graduate programs in
Administration and Supervision; College Personnel Services,
Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Elementary
Education, Guidance and Counseling, Physical Education and
Recreation, Reading, School Library Services, Secondary Education,
and Special Education. In 1979, the School of Education became
the School of Education and Allied Professions.
In 1984, all programs were consolidated under three departments:
The Department of Teaching and Learning, Department of Physical
Therapy, Exercise Science, and Sport Studies, and Department
of Educational and Psychological Studies. In 1986, the program
in Physical Therapy moved to the School of Medicine, as a
Division in the Department of Orthopaedics. The Department
of Exercise and Sport Sciences remains with the School of
Education today. By 1989, the School dropped “allied
professions” from its name.
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