School of Education
DEPARTMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT: Applications for the Critical Pedagogy Doctorate are no longer being accepted.
The Doctorate in Critical Pedagogy is being merged with the Doctorate in Leadership—this applies to the upcoming cohort. Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Don LaMagdeleine at DRLAMAGDELEI@stthomas.edu. Information about the current Doctorate in Leadership can be seen at the the Leadership home page.
Additional details about the Critical Pedagogy program will be listed on the Website when they have been finalized.
(3/29/07)
Critical Pedagogy
Advancing Social JusticeThe University of St. Thomas' doctoral program in critical pedagogy is the only program of its kind in the country.
Critical pedagogy is an interdisciplinary field committed to social justice, equality and freedom. It aims to understand education through a critical examination of the unequal power dynamics in society and offers alternatives to the status quo.
Critical pedagogy includes and goes beyond classroom teaching and learning. It includes educational practices in schools and a variety of institutions including public, private, nonprofit and community organizations. It addresses educational issues in multiple contexts --- individual, local and global.
Critical pedagogy prepares you to be a successful change agent in the struggle for justice and liberation in the classroom and beyond.
Who Should Apply?
The doctoral degree in the field of critical pedagogy is for K-12, higher and adult educators as well as anyone interested in transforming educational practices for social justice and democracy.
A doctoral program designed for people who identify with any of the following topics:
- K-12 education
- Higher education
- Special education and disability rights
- Multiculturalism/Urban education
- Global education
- Peace education
- Popular/Adult education
- Women's Studies/Feminism
- Environmentalism/Ecology
- Human and civil rights
- Labor education
- Non-profit and grassroots organizations
