Master of Arts in Educational Studies
The Tufts University Department of Education offers an
interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Educational Studies. Students working toward
the MA explore education as a site of critical scholarly analysis through the
disciplinary strands of the field, including: history, sociology, anthropology,
psychology, and philosophy. The program offers students the opportunity to
examine a range of education topics in relation to the study of race, gender,
sexuality, class, and other categories of identity, culture, and institutional
and structural power. Additionally, students are trained to engage these topics
through theoretical frames such as feminist and queer theories, Critical Race
Theory, socio-cultural theories, and others.
The Educational Studies program is designed for students
who wish to continue on to advanced studies and research in education, for
in-service teachers who wish to develop scholarly understandings of schooling,
and for applicants interested in educational careers in areas other than
classroom teaching. Students completing the MA in Educational Studies will:
- develop critical understandings of school as a
site of inquiry and study;
- become broadly familiar with the bodies of
scholarship that constitute the foundations of Education;
- and, build emerging expertise in one area of
theory and one topic of study.
Students undertaking the MA in Educational Studies will be
expected to work collaboratively with their advisor to design a course of study
and independent research questions that guide coursework and culminate in a
scholarly paper or thesis. Proposals for the paper or thesis must be approved by
the program director, academic advisor, and paper or thesis advisor by the last
day of courses the semester prior to the study. Students are required to take a
total of ten courses.
Specific research topics being developed by our faculty
include:
- Gender studies examined through historical,
philosophical, political, and socio-cultural lenses
- Critical policy and practice investigations
related to urban education
- Theoretical scholarship emphasizing feminist
theory, Critical Race Theory, and qualitative methodologies
- Social context of education analyses, with particular
attention to race, gender, and class
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