The education as a social science minor is designed for students interested in investigating learning and teaching in a broad range of human contexts. This minor takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of educative practices and is premised on several key assumptions:
- Learning and teaching are fundamental human and cultural processes.
- Education is intimately bound up with social, cultural, economic, and political systems.
- Reflection and inquiry are powerful tools for exploring teaching and learning in all human contexts.
Through a minor in education, students will examine each of these assumptions by investigating educative practices in and outside of formal settings. There are many ways in which a student can complete the minor.
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Educational Policy and Social Justice. This concentration will permit students to
focus on issues related to the history of American education, race and
American schools, and queer issues in schools.
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Creativity and Play. This concentration will permit students to focus on creativity and imagination in professional settings, the arts and the young child, and the role of play in education.
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Global Education. This concentration will provide students with grounding in the areas of global education, issues of migration and education, and comparative education across countries.
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Exceptional Learners. This concentration provides students with knowledge of both gifted education and education for students with learning disabilities.
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Digital Learning. This concentration will permit students to learn about education and computers, digital games and learning, other topics related to learning in digital learning environments.
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Community Studies and Civic Engagement. This concentration is for students interested in educational leadership in informal learning settings, such as museums and community organizations.
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General Studies. This concentration will allow students to take a menu of courses in education tailored to one's own interests; this concentration is also appropriate for students in the five-year urban teacher education program.
Additional track options will be offered forthcoming. See the GSE website and Degree Navigator for more information.
Undergraduate Minor: Education as a Social Science
