PhD Education IN Teaching Curriculum and Change

The Warner School empowers educators to become leaders in teaching and curriculum to use knowledge gained through research and practice to create environments where highquality teaching and learning can take place. The doctoral programs in teaching and curriculum emphasize Warner s unique sociohistorical and interdisciplinary approach; expose students to qualitative and quantitative research methodologies for use in studying the processes of teaching, learning, and curriculum development and implementation; and reflect the perspective that knowledge is socially constructed in context. Issues of reform, diversity, and equity provide a formative undercurrent throughout these programs. The active participation of faculty members in school and communitybased research and reform projects provides doctoral students with ripe opportunities for research and reform leadership. The Ph.D. program prepares educators for teaching, academic writing, and research in a college or university setting or research institute or government agency. Many continue on to prestigious postdoctoral fellowships, research careers, and faculty posts in a variety of fields. Warner faculty take seriously their roles as mentors and provide Ph.D. students with meaningful opportunities to apprentice in all aspects of academic life. Ph.D. students must complete at least one year of residency as a fulltime student during their study. If planning to pursue the Ph.D. largely as a parttime student, it is advisable to plan the residency year later in the program, when working on one s dissertation.