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Specialization in Educational Foundations

This specialization prepares educational professionals with an understanding of the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, and political contexts of education so that they can make informed and wise decisions about educational problems and policy issues.

Graduates are expected to exert leadership in the field of education and deal with those aspects and problems in society that need to be taken into account in advancing educational thought, policy development, and practice, especially where these concern the social role of the school and other educational agencies.

The program of study varies in the number of credits required, depending upon the candidate's qualifications, and includes two 12-credit-hour semesters (not necessarily consecutive); college and departmental course requirements; course work focused on an area of emphasis in history, philosophy, or comparative or social foundations of education; courses outside the department; a field project/internship or an apprenticeship in teaching; qualifying and comprehensive examinations; and the dissertation.

For further information, contact:

The Graduate Chair
Department of Educational Foundations
College of Education
University of Hawai‘I at Manoa
1776 University Avenue, Wist Hall 113
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7817
Fax: (808) 956-9100
Web: http://www.hawaii.edu/coe/departments/edef/phd_edef.shtml

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