M.S. in Transformative Education and Social Change

Program Overview

This 33-credit program prepares students for critical action research in education. The core curriculum includes courses on transformative education, cognition, and social and cultural implications of technology. Students also complete focused inquiry electives and a thesis project. The program is designed to help students understand and address educational problems and identify potential solutions.

Program Outline

Outline:

Programmatic Core: Pre-Candidacy

• ERM 591 Introduction to Critical Action Research (3 credits)
• EDF 511 Foundations of Transformative Education (3 credits)
• EDP 570 Cognition and Transformation (3 credits)
• EDT 511 Social and Cultural Implications of Educational Technology (3 credits)

Programmatic Core: Candidacy

• EDF 588 Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Education (3 credits)
• EDF 580 History Of American Education (3 credits) OR EDU 580 Critical History of Education in Philadelphia (3 credits)

Focused Inquiry Electives

(12 credits)

• The selection of these courses must be approved by a faculty advisor with expertise in the student's thematic concern.
• These courses should assist students in understanding and addressing their thematic concern, fleshing out the problem, and identifying potential solutions.
• Courses can be selected from a variety of content areas and may straddle different areas, possibly from across the university.

Curriculum and Thesis Development