Mission, Program Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

Mission

The mission of the Social and Cultural Analysis of Education program is to provide students with an intellectually rigorous interdisciplinary experience that emphasizes critical approaches to educational analysis. The Social and Cultural Analysis of Education program aims to prepare our graduates to envision and effect transformative practices in a broad range of educational contexts, both domestically and internationally.

Program Goals

  1. Graduates understand how social and cultural forces impact, and are impacted by, educational policies, practices, and pedagogies.
  2. Graduates have a critical understanding of the role of education in society--locally, nationally and globally.
  3. Graduates have a critical understanding of historical and contemporary struggles for social and educational justice in the United States and around the world.
  4. Graduates are committed to envisioning and effecting transformative practices in a variety of educational contexts.
  5. Graduates value professional and intellectual growth and development as integral to exercising agency in their spheres of influence.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students can synthesize concepts and ideas in the area of social and cultural analysis of education.
  2. Students can identify implications of social and cultural theories for educational practice in a variety of settings.
  3. Students can formulate strategies for effecting social and educational justice.
  4. Students can construct complex written arguments related to social and cultural issues in education.
  5. Students can produce sophisticated academic writing related to the social and cultural analysis of education.
  6. Students can engage in critical dialogue related to educational policies, practices, and pedagogies.