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Urban Education
Why Urban Education?
Providing education that is both high in quality and fair to all is one of the greatest challenges facing cities today. This concentration prepares students for careers in educational policy and practice. It is a popular choice for students who have been admitted by the Stanford School of Education to pursue a coterminal master’s degree in the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) or the Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Program (POLS).
Advising
The advisor for this concentration is Prudence Carter. (Email) (Read more)
Special Programs and Opportunities
Application and admission to a coterminal degree in the School of Education’s STEP and POLS programs occurs during the Autumn Quarter of the junior year and is handled by the School of Education. Students planning to pursue a coterminal master’s should take one of the three practica: EDUC 103A, B, and C (for the STEP elementary coterm); EDUC 101X (for the STEP secondary coterm); or EDUC 270A (for the POLS coterm).
Opportunities to obtain teaching and advising experience are available in nearby schools through Stanford College Prep and other programs administered by the Haas Center for Public Service and through courses offered by the School of Education.
Students who choose this concentration may be eligible for the undergraduate honors program of the School of Education , in which case they should enroll in EDUC 199A,B, or C during their senior year.
Required Course
The following course is required for the Urban Education concentration:
EDUC 112X. Urban Education (given in Spring)
Additional Courses
The following courses may be counted toward the Urban Education concentration. Please consult with your advisor to select a program of courses that suits your intellectual and personal goals.
AUTUMN 12/13 COURSES:
| EDUC | 101 | Introduction to Teaching and Learning |
| EDUC | 103A | Tutoring: Seeing a Child through Literacy (EDUC 203A) |
| EDUC | 148X | Critical Perspectives on Teaching and Tutoring English Language Learners |
| EDUC | 149 | Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism (EDUC 249) |
| EDUC | 202 | Introduction to Comparative and International Education |
| EDUC | 204 | Introduction to Philosophy of Education (PHIL 231) |
| EDUC | 220C | Education and Society (EDUC 120C, SOC 130, SOC 230) |
| EDUC | 220D | History of School Reform: Origins, Policies, Outcomes, and Explanations (HISTORY 258E) |
| EDUC | 223 | Good Districts and Good Schools: Research, Policy, and Practice |
| EDUC | 283 | Child Development In and Beyond Schools |
| HUMBIO | 116 | Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century (BIO 147, BIO 247, EARTHSYS 147, EARTHSYS 247) |
| PSYCH | 60 | Introduction to Developmental Psychology |
WINTER 12/13 COURSES:
| EDUC | 148X | Critical Perspectives on Teaching and Tutoring English Language Learners |
| EDUC | 207X | School: What Is It Good For? (HISTORY 258D) |
| EDUC | 221A | Policy Analysis in Education |
| HISTORY | 11W | Service-Learning Workshop on Issues of Education Equity (CSRE 11W) |
| OSPCPTWN | 32 | Learning, Development, and Social Change: Service Learning in the Contemporary South African Contex- |
SPRING 12/13 COURSES:
| EDUC | 103B | Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices (AFRICAAM 106, CSRE 103B, EDUC 337) |
| EDUC | 110 | Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools (EDUC 310, SOC 132, SOC 332) |
| EDUC | 148X | Critical Perspectives on Teaching and Tutoring English Language Learners |
| EDUC | 178X | Latino Families, Languages, and Schools |
| EDUC | 201 | History of Education in the United States (AMSTUD 201, HISTORY 158B) |
| EDUC | 216X | Education, Race, and Inequality in African American History, 1880-1990 (CSRE 216X, HISTORY 255E) |
| HISTORY | 11W | Service-Learning Workshop on Issues of Education Equity (CSRE 11W) |
| HUMBIO | 142 | Adolescent Development |
| OSPCPTWN | 32 | Learning, Development, and Social Change: Service Learning in the Contemporary South African Contex- |
| POLISCI | 236 | Theories of Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Nonprofit Sector (ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236S) |
| SOC | 132 | Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools (EDUC 110, EDUC 310, SOC 332) |