Faculty Advisers: Susan Stodolsky, J 446, 702-1599;
Zalman Usiskin, J 333, 702-1560

Education is an area of practice and policy that is subject to scholarly inquiry from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. A number of departments offer courses relevant to education and teaching (e.g., psychology, public policy, sociology, human development). Many courses can be counted as fulfilling undergraduate program requirements in those departments. Students interested in teaching grades K-12 may find some courses to be appropriate for meeting the teacher certification requirements of various states.

Urban Teacher Preparation Program

The Urban Teacher Preparation Program for the certification of elementary school teachers (grades K-9) has been developed by the Center for School Improvement at the University of Chicago. College students take a three-quarter Foundations of Education Sequence (SOSC 25501-25502-25503) in their fourth year and then continue with a fifteen-month graduate program that includes substantial clinical work in local public schools. NOTE: A proposal to award a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree is currently under review by the Council of the Faculty Senate of the University.

As soon as possible but not later than Autumn Quarter of their third year, students who are interested in this program should consult with their College adviser and with Kavita Kapadia (834-1837, kkapadia@uchicago.edu), Urban Teacher Preparation Program Coordinator, Center for School Improvement. Students are encouraged to apply to the program before Winter Quarter of their third year and should meet a significant portion of their B.A. requirements by the end of their third year.

Courses

Human Development

HUDV 23700/31200. Education and Human Development. S. Stodolsky. Winter.

HUDV 24400. Observation of Child Behavior in Natural Settings. (=PSYC 24400) S. Stodolsky. Spring.

Psychology

PSYC 20400/30400. Cognitive Psychology. V. Maljkovic. Winter.

PSYC 20500/30500. Developmental Psychology. (=HUDV 25900/30700) S. Goldlin-Meadow, S. Hans. Autumn.

PSYC 22500. Cognitive Development. PQ: Consent of instructor. J. Huttenlocher. Spring.

PSYC 23200. Language Development. (=HUDV 23900/31600, LING 21600/31600) S. Goldin-Meadow, A. Woodward. Winter.

PSYC 24400. Observation of Child Behavior in Natural Settings. (=HUDV 24400) S. Stodolsky. Spring.

Sociology

SOCI 20105/30105. Educational Organization and Social Inequality. C. Bidwell. Spring.

SOCI 20108/30108. The Institution of Education. (=PPHA 39700) C. Bidwell. Winter.

SOCI 20112/30112. Applications of Hierarchical Linear Models to Psychological and Social Research. PQ: Basic knowledge of matrix algebra and multivariate statistics. A. Bryk. Winter.

SOCI 20128/30128. Sociology of Education. B. Schneider. Autumn.

Social Science

SOSC 25501-25502-22503. Foundations of Education. PQ: Consent of instructor. Must be taken in sequence during the same academic year. Credit for each quarter is granted if all three courses are completed successfully.

SOSC 25501. Schools and Communities. Autumn.

SOSC 25502. Human Development and Learning. Winter.

SOSC 25503. The Purposes and Effects of Urban Education. Spring.