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Recent Graduates : Job Placement
Area Description (CTE)
The Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE) Area offers
Ph.D. and M.A. degrees. The Area is designed to prepare scholars
and practitioners to address a number of fundamental educational
questions: what should be taught, to whom, for what ends? How
can school programs be organized to optimize the educational
development of students? What processes can be employed to enable
teachers and policy makers to understand the strengths and weaknesses
of schools? CTE is based on the premise that schools are most
likely to improve when those engaged in their improvement recognize
the highly interactive nature of school processes. How science
is taught, for example, is not independent of the time teachers
spend planning their programs or how they believe their efforts
will be evaluated. How school subjects are defined and the time
allocated to them influence what students are able to learn.
What options exist for the organization of the school curriculum?
How do evaluation practices influence the priorities of both
teachers and students and how can such practices be designed
so that they support, rather than inhibit the achievement of
educational aims? The CTE Area helps graduate students learn
how to think about such questions and how to develop the specialized
understanding and research skills needed to study and improve
educational practice.
The CTE Area Chair is Professor Claude Goldenberg.
Area Faculty (CTE)
| Ball,
Arnetha |
Borko, Hilda |
| Brown,
Bryan |
Darling-Hammond,
Linda |
| Goldenberg, Claude |
Goldman,
Shelley |
| Grossman,
Pam |
Juel,
Connie |
| Lit, Ira |
Lotan,
Rachel |
| Murata,
Aki |
Shavelson,
Richard |
| Willinsky, John |
Wineburg,
Sam |
Degree
Requirements (CTE)
The master's degree extends students' knowledge of curriculum
and instructional theories and prepares students to advance
in their careers as teachers. The PhD degree is intended for
students who wish to pursue careers in research and scholarship.
First year doctoral students are also expected to take the
required SUSE core sequence. All students must show proficiency
in a special interest area of educational design/evaluation
and demonstrate competence in educational research methods.
These may be quantitative, qualitative, or a combination of
the two.
Expertise in a special interest area is gained through course
work and independent study of the literature in the chosen
area. Quite often this specialization is a key factor in getting
a job upon graduation. Special interest areas might include
the design and evaluation of text materials, visual aids for
learning, large-scale programs for general education, classroom
environments, or programs of teacher in-service education
as well as specific reserach foci related to the learning
and teaching of core school subjects--English, history, mathematics
and science.
Recent Graduates
: Job Placement (CTE)
Master's graduates often work in museums in education programs.
Some develop curriculum materials for education products companies,
or work for training departments of for-profit companies,
developing learning materials for employees. Others take teaching
jobs, primarily in private schools, or work in education-related
non-profits. Approximately 10 percent go on to doctoral programs
immediately after completing the master's degree.
The great majority of doctoral graduates in this area become
university professors, often in schools or departments of
education that have teacher preparation programs. Others teach
in departments that reflect their discipline within CTE, such
as mathematics or English. Some take program officer or executive
roles in non-profit research firms, or at universities.
Master's Graduates
English teacher
Institute for Collaborative Education, Manhattan
Program Manager
BUILD
Assistant Principal
Metro Tech High School, an Envision Charter School
Science Specialist
West Ed
Founding Educator
Larchmont Charter School, Los Angeles
PhD student
Columbia Teachers College
Curriculum Planning Officer
Ministry of Education, Singapore
Curriculum Developer
Making Waves Education Program, Richmond, CA
Director of Site Support
The Breakthrough Collaborative, San Francisco
Doctoral Graduates
Assistant Professor, Education
University of Maryland
Associate Chair for Educational Programs
Stanford University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Education
University of Massachusetts
Assistant Professor, Education
University of Texas, Austin
Assistant Professor, English
San Francisco State University
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Sonoma State University
Research Associate
West Ed
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