Why Study Education Studies?
Education Studies is a multidisciplinary field of academic inquiry that allows undergraduate students to study, learn, and apply instructional strategies and teaching methodologies as they are used in real world settings. Students can choose to study a broad range of disciplinary options that can encompass pedagogical, sociological, psychological, philosophical, comparative and policy-related fields of study.
Through the exploration of Education, students can decide to focus on the experience of individual learners or analyze large scale systems of education. There are several branches of education that connect to the following questions:
- Curriculum and Instruction: What optimal content delivery strategies and implementation approaches best serve diverse individuals and communities? How do specific teaching methods, assessment techniques, design thinking approaches and educational technologies impact learner engagement?
- Professional Communication and Leadership: What are the principles and practices of effective leadership? What is the nature of conflict and how is it transformed? What role can I play as a student and scholar of education in supporting equity deserving groups?
- Human Development: How do individuals learn and develop from childhood to adult? How are they motivated and how do they process information?
- Sociology of Education: What structures influence education? Who has access to education and who does not? What is the role of inequality, access, and power in educational settings?
- Comparative Education: How is Ontario different from the rest of Canada? How are Canadian schools unique from their global counterparts? What factors influence global educational outcomes?
The Department of Language Studies at UTM offers the following program in Education Studies:
- Minor program in Education Studies (ERMIN0605)
Courses in this program aim to provide:
- theory around educational practice in various contexts such as child, adolescent, and adult development; indigenous communities; and peer-facilitated study groups;
- insights into social good and community engagement including conflict resolution, equity, and diversity; and
- perspectives around social change including myths, education technologies, and design thinking.
Education Studies can be the first step along the path to numerous opportunities:
- Teaching
- Policy-making
- Corporate training
- Educational writing
- Social work
- Politics
- Environmentalism
- Entrepreneurship
- Game design
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