Overview

Students examine the social contexts of education, with particular emphasis on critical questions concerning structural inequalities and considerations of access to education, distribution of educational opportunity and successful navigation of educational systems; normative considerations about the purposes of education; and interpretive understandings of the nature of educational experience and the transformative potential of education.

Students in the doctoral program work closely with faculty to generate dissertation topics that seek to add something new to existing scholarship in their chosen area of study within the field of education.

Graduates have the knowledge, critical understandings and interpretive skills to analyze and assess educational theories, policies and practices, as well as to lead and promote innovative practices in a range of educational settings and social contexts. Recent graduates have embarked on new careers or been promoted in their existing institutions in governmental agencies, K-12 school systems, institutions of higher education and nongovernmental organizations, both nationally and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Cultural Foundations program from Kent State University will be able to:

Analyze the social, cultural, economic and political conditions that shape education in domestic and international contexts.

Analyze pressing social issues related to education from a foundational point of view.

Critically engage a range of theoretical approaches to understanding education.

Examine dynamics of social differentiation, power and injustice related to education in and out of school.

Theorize education’s contribution to social justice.

Develop facility with the range of social science and humanities-oriented research methods and modes of analysis in the field of social foundations of education.

Conduct independent research resulting in an original contribution to knowledge in the field of cultural foundations of education.

Bring foundational research to bear on the intellectual and organizational aspects of their professions, schools and communities.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Humanities-oriented Research in Education

Doctoral Residency Seminar

Dissertation

Cultural Foundations

Variable Topic Workshop in Cultural Foundations

Classics in Philosophy of Education

Multicultural Theories and Scholarship in Education

Contemporary Philosophy of Education

History of American Education

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Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2025-06-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Starting 2025-08-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

78 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education Sociology View 308 other PhDs in Education in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.5

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

Master's degree from an accredited college or university
Minimum 3.500 graduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale
Official transcript(s)
Résumé or vita
Goal statement
Two letters of recommendation
Writing sample
Interview
English language proficiency

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Tuition Fee

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International

18448 USD/year

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National

18448 USD/year

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In-State

9898 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 9898 USD per year

Living costs for Kent

1036 - 1710 USD /month

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