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Department of Education
Our faculty is vitally concerned to prepare the next generation of thinkers, leaders, and scholars in the several fields of education. In this pursuit, we want our students to understand not only education in classrooms, but also, in the broader, and increasingly multicultural, multilingual, and digital world we occupy. Through research and course work, our students explore different angles of vision; they observe the differing effects of schools and institutions, the mediating effects of culture and language, and facilitating or constraining effects of leadership and public policy, and the profound effects of human differences. Through its research and teaching, the faculty mentors each individual student, works to elevate them as educators, and inspire in them enduring commitments to learning, scholarship, and excellence.
Degrees: M.A. and Ph.D. in Education
Research Focus Areas:
- Culture and Development
- Language and Literacy
- Learning, Culture and Technology Studies
- Policy, Leadership and Research Methods
- Science and Mathematics Education
- Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies
- Teacher Education and Professional Development
Current Program (Fall 2012): Emphases and Requirements
New Requirements, beginning Fall 2013 for Ph.D. and M.A. Programs.
Optional Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Emphases: Applied Linguistics; Black Studies; Cognitive Science; Feminist Studies; Global Studies; Language, Interaction, and Social Organization; Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences; Technology and Society; Writing Studies
Minors: Education Minor (Educational Studies Track)
11/16/12
Welcome from the Chair
MARY BETSY BRENNER
Ph.D., Professor
On behalf of the faculty of the Department of Education, I am pleased to welcome you to our website!
In the Department of Education at UCSB we offer students the opportunity to learn and create knowledge that addresses the needs of learners, schools and public agencies with a focus on the diversity of California, the nation and the world.
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