Welcome to Tufts University!

On behalf of the Education Department's faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community, we welcome you to our home.

Tufts Department of Education is a unique and vibrant environment that captures the passions of our faculty, staff, scholars, and students. We pride ourselves on our commitment to research and practice, and to the fundamental ways in which these interconnect and inform each other. We are fully invested in education for equity and social justice, and to our essential partnerships with local urban schools and institutions. We find collaborations to be the framework of our practices: collaborations with colleagues, graduate students, school children, families, practitioners, researchers. We strive for these goals through an understanding that we are all partners in our common endeavor: to improve the educational opportunities of all children and students.

We invite you to learn more about and join our community, and know that you will find your experiences at Tufts both personally and professionally rewarding. We look forward to seeing you in the Department.

The Department of Education at Tufts University offers students the opportunity to examine current concepts in educational theory, practice, and research. Courses in the Department focus on the study of how students learn in different content areas, on the institutions that serve children and youth, on the cultural, historical and philosophical influences on education, and on concepts leading to effective professional practice.

Course offerings are complemented with opportunities to observe and work in a variety of educational settings as teachers, school psychologists, museum educators, curriculum developers, and researchers.

The Department offers the following degrees:

• Master of Arts in Teaching at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels (grades 1-12)
• Master of Arts in Teaching in Art Education (grades preK-12)
• Master of Arts/Educational Specialist in School Psychology
• Master of Arts in Museum Education
• Master of Arts in Educational Studies
• Master of Arts in Science Education
• Master of Science in Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering Education
• Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering Education

Bárbara M. Brizuela, Chair
Department of Education