UGA Graduate School - Degree Programs: Social Foundations of Education (PhD)

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Social Foundations of Education (PhD)

Degree: Doctoral Degrees

The department offers a Ph.D. program in social foundations of education with emphases in either sociocultural studies of education or the history of U.S. education. The social foundations of education and policy studies draw on the research traditions and skills of anthropology, history, political science, sociology, philosophy, and related disciplines to deepen scholarly and public understanding of teaching, learning, schooling, and other forms of education. Examining ethics and values is integral to the study of the social foundations of education; questions of why and ought are considered along with questions of how and what.

The Ph.D. program is designed for any individual interested in advanced interdisciplinary study of education in its social, economic, cultural, political, ethical, and historical contexts. The program seeks to prepare high level researchers, scholars, teachers, policy analysts, and other educational and political leaders through the critical analysis of schools in society.

School/College	College of Education Aderhold Hall Athens, GA 30602-7101 Phone: 706/542-6446
Academic Department	Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations 221 River's Crossing Athens, GA 30602-4809 Phone: 706/542-4461

Contacts
Graduate Coordinator	Robert Wicklein	706/542-4503
MISSION: The Ph.D. program in social foundations of education was developed to contribute to the University of Georgia and its College of Education mission and goals by serving a this major teacher education institution in all of its graduate programs and by providing an interdisciplinary terminal degree focused on this institution's contemporary strategic goals and initiatives of diversity, multiculturalism, internationalism, and technology. As part of the Department of Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations, the Ph.D. program contributes to the unit mission and goals in adding to the consideration of development-issues at all levels, policy-practice issues in education and related sectors, and in workforce/societal demands in the United States and in other countries. The Ph.D. program in social foundations of education is grounded in several academic disciplines (history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political theory of education) and scholarship in the program also encompasses a range of interdisciplinary fields including comparative and international education, policy studies, development studies, environmental justice, and leadership or administration in the education sector and its sub-sectors. While the faculty associated with the program subscribe to no single methodology or ideology, the program does contain a critical focus, lending itself to consideration of issues pertaining to issues of race, race relations, gender, national origin, religion, social justice, equity and equality. In this manner, the Ph.D. in social foundations exemplifies the missions of the College of Education and the University of Georgia to promote diversity, internationalism, and multiculturalism. PURPOSE: The doctoral program in social foundations of education was designed to engage scholars and educational leaders in advanced interdisciplinary studies of education in its social, economic, historical, cultural, political, environmental and ethical contexts, with emphases on policy versus practice, development issues and concerns at all levels (local to global) with emphasis on critical analysis of issues, diversity concerns, and linking a variety of disciplines in scholarship and practice. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing on the research and scholarly traditions of these various fields and related disciplines. The program seeks to attract students from a variety of disciplines and fields, nationally and internationally. Given that the program focuses on educational endeavors, applicants with school teaching experience are highly desirable.
Degree	Code	Course Descriptions
PhD	814	Find Courses

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