TLES
Socio-Cultural Studies of Education
Master of Arts in Socio-Cultural Studies of Education
(formerly the MA in Socio-Cultural Foundations and Educational Thought)
This program is designed for educators striving to understand and improve the quality of educational practice at all levels. It centers on the study of contemporary issues and problems in education. The program aims to encourage and support the work of educators seeking to examine aspects of schooling by way of focused inquiry in the social-historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of educational practice. This focus allows students considerable flexibility to explore educational topics in disciplined and far-reaching ways.
Students engaged in this concentration are encouraged to design their program in ways that allow them to study educational problems and practices of particular concern to them. Given the complexity of most educational issues, interdisciplinary inquiry is often appropriate and welcome in this concentration. The program will be controlled in size so as to provide optimal support for the development of individual programs of study that are personally and professionally meaningful for all those involved.
Faculty Advisors
, Professor
, Associate Professor
, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator