Coordinator: Dr. Tanja Sargent (848-932-0732; email: tanja.sargent@gse.rutgers.edu)
This concentration offers a doctoral concentration that will attract a diverse cohort of students who desire systematic and rigorous advanced study of theoretical and practical issues related to social and educational equity, change, and reform. The intended audience for this concentration is school and higher education leaders, reformers, policymakers, and teachers. The goal is to enact improvements to practice and thus to improve the process of education. Students in this concentration will be challenged to understand and use research and data effectively in meeting the challenges of practice, particularly those related to equity and social justice.
REQUIREMENTS
Core Courses (24 credits)
15:255:611 Leadership I: Leadership in Schools and Communities (3)
15:255:612 Leadership II: Change Process (3)
15:255:615 Social Context I: Sociocultural Foundations of Education (3)
15:255:617 Social Context II: History of School Reform in America (3)
15:255:606 Learners and Learning I: Key Principles of Learning (3)
15:255:607 Learners and Learning II: Adult Learning and Training (3)
15:255:603 Inquiry I: Introduction to Methods and Uses of Inquiry (3)
15:255:602 Inquiry II: Program Evaluation (3)
Four required concentration courses (12
credits)
Chosen
from the following list:
15:310:515 Philosophy of Education (3)
15:310:542 Urban Education (3)
15:310:502 History of American
Education (3)
15:310:503 Comparative Education (3)
15:310:540 Gender and Education (3)
15:310:561 History of
African-American Education (3)
15:310:512 Race, Ethnicity, and
Inequality in Education (3)
15:310:611 History of Higher
Education (3)
15:230:609 Leading for Social
Justice (3)
One additional methods course beyond the core sequence (two recommended)
16:300:509 Qualitative Methods I (3)
15:230:615 Assessment, Data, and Problem Solving (3)
16:300:513 Qualitative Research Methods II (3)
16:300:647 Historical Research Methods (3)
Three electives from
within or outside GSE (9 credits)
