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Teacher Education & School Improvement PhD

Reflective, informed, and research-oriented

Learn More about New TLCS PhD/EdS program

Interested in Teacher Education & School Improvement, as of July 2026 see the new expanded EdS and PhD program in Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies. Contact TLCS [at] umass [dot] edu (TLCS[at]umass[dot]edu) for more information.

The mission of the Teacher Education & School Improvement (TESI) doctoral concentration is to prepare reflective, informed, and research-oriented scholars and practitioners in the fields of teacher education, teacher development, and school improvement. 

The TESI concentration is committed to supporting research and practices that advance the aims of educational equity and social justice.

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Survey the major psychological and socio-cultural theories of human learning as they have been developed over the last 125 years, including the information processing theory of cognition and the situated learning theory of cognition.

Teacher Education & School Improvement

The Teacher Education & School Improvement program prepares scholars, practitioners, educators, and activists in the teacher education and development fields.