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Social Justice Education - Ed.D.
Social Justice Education
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Social Justice Education is an interdisciplinary program of study with a
focus on social diversity and social justice. Social Justice Education
provides graduate coursework and opportunities for reflective practice for
students concerned with issues of equity, social justice, and the development
of a liberated consciousness. The Masters program of study focuses
upon the reflective practice of social justice education; the Doctoral program
of study focuses upon research that is informed by the reflective practice
of social justice education. Social Justice Education graduates are
employed in a wide variety of community service and university and college
settings.
Program Highlights
- Leadership. Program faculty are both leaders and pioneers
in the field of Social Justice Education. The School of Education
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst offers the only program exclusively
devoted to Social Justice Education in the United States.
- Scholarship. Program faculty collaborate with each other
to author leading texts on Social Justice Education (e.g., Teaching
for Diversity and Social Justice, 2007). For more than 25 years,
program faculty have performed leadership roles in the successful publication
of the social justice education journal Equity & Excellence in Education:
A University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education
Journal.
- Theory oriented. Use and generate research and theory to
understand the sociocultural and historical contexts for, and dynamics
within and among the specific manifestations of oppression (e.g., anti-Semitism,
ableism, classism, heterosexism, racism, and sexism) in all social systems.
- Practice opportunities. Social Justice Education students
have several opportunities in their program of study to do dynamic practicum
experiences in social justice education (e.g., intergroup dialogues, weekend
seminars focusing on topics such as racism, sexism, and heterosexism, and
undergraduate courses focusing on critical social justice issues).
Required Courses
Core
Courses:
EDUC
691E Social Justice in Education
EDUC
624 Contemporary and Historical Constructions
of SJE
EDUC
648 Historical and Pedagogical Foundations
of SJE
EDUC
IS Research and/or Evaluation
of SJE
EDUC
627 Curriculum Design and Facilitation
in SJE
EDUC
609 Multicultural Group Process
EDUC
522 Self Awareness in SJE
EDUC
713 Developmental Foundations of SJE (Doctoral)
Required
Practicum Theory Courses: (Choose one)
EDUC
746 Social Justice Education in Schools
EDUC
795E Theory, Research, and Practice of Intergroup Dialogue
EDUC
766 Multicultural Organizational Development
Practicum
Offerings:
EDUC
691G Reflective Practice in SJE
EDUC
IP Social Justice Education
in Schools
EDUC
692B Inter-Group Dialogue Practicum
EDUC
791M College Teaching in SJE
Contact Information
For more information about the Social Justice Education program, please
contact:
Coordinator: Bailey W. Jackson (Professor
and Program Coordinator)
Email:
Professor
413-545-2231
Associated Faculty
Maurianne Adams (Professor),Barbara
J. Love (Associate Professor), Ximena
Zúñiga (Associate Professor).
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