The School of Education is one of the ten constituent colleges that compromise Duquesne University

Duquesne University

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. Founded in 1929, the school was organized by Holy Ghost Father and future university president Raymond V. Kirk

Raymond V. Kirk

Raymond V. Kirk, C.S.Sp. was a Roman Catholic priest and the sixth president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, from 1940 until 1946.-Personal background:...

, who led the school until 1940. Currently, the School of Education is principally housed in the historic Canevin Hall, the oldest building on Duquesne's campus still used for classes.

Programs offered

The first program offered by the school was for Secondary Education

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

, and since then, offers thirteen different programs: Music Education

Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...

 (1936), Elementary Education

Primary education

A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...

 (1937), Guidance

School counselor

A school counselor is a counselor and an educator who works in elementary, middle, and high schools to provide academic, career, college access, and personal/social competencies to K-12 students...

 (1952), School Administration (1952), Special Education

Special education

Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...

 (1964), Reading Specialist and Reading Supervisor (1969), School Psychology (1969), Early Childhood Education

Early childhood education

Early childhood education is the formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family or in settings outside of the home. 'Early childhood' is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling - five years in most nations, though the U.S...

 (1975 and 1997), School Supervision (1976), Superintendent's Letter of Eligibility (1993), English as a Second Language

English language learning and teaching

English as a second language , English for speakers of other languages and English as a foreign language all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. The precise usage, including the different use of the terms ESL and ESOL in different countries, is...

(2003), and Business, Computer, and Information Technology (2004).

External links

• Duquesne University School of Education website