Curriculum Inquiry Ph.D. Specialization
This Ph.D. specialization offers students the theoretical and methodological preparation for curriculum inquiry that is responsive to matters of curriculum policy, design, evaluation, and classroom practice, understood in terms of the multiple intersecting dimensions (e.g., technical, social, and political) of problems and issues in curriculum.
While the School of Education is especially concerned with curriculum in educational institutions, such as P-12 and post-secondary schools, curriculum inquiry is concerned, as well, with the course of formative experience over the lifespan, within and outside of such institutions (including the adult workplace as well as other formal and informal social situations), and with due attention to how formative experience in any of these particular contexts (e.g., formal schooling) is conditioned by the multiplicity of other contexts (family, peer groups, etc.) within which the course of life experience is also taking place.
Specialization Courses
The following specialization courses are required of all students in this specialization in addition to the Doctoral Core Courses:
- EDUC 860: Curriculum Theory
- EDUC 861: Curriculum Development and Evaluation
- EDUC 897: Curriculum Inquiry
Specialization Area Exam Policy
This specialization area does not require a specialization area examination.
Affiliated Faculty
Faculty affiliated with this specialization area:
