The doctoral program in Curriculum and Instruction is a professional degree program that prepares future teacher educators for college and university settings. The program emphasizes four main components:
- Educational theory
- Teacher education
- Curriculum evaluation
- Research methods
The program is designed to accommodate students’ work schedules. All classes meet on Saturdays. Doctoral candidates remain together as a cohort and progress through all coursework as a group. Doctoral students work with nationally and internationally recognized professors in their areas of expertise.
The program intends to prepare doctoral graduates who will
- Fulfill the teacher educator’s role in ways that reflect the highest standards for academic rigor, intellectual inquiry, and professional integrity
- Study curriculum as a discipline including the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs in education
- Analyze critical issues in curriculum and instruction, both historical and contemporary, as they relate to a broad range of disciplinary specialties in the field
- Use technology for developing outstanding college-level courses and professional development programs for preservice and inservice educators
- Demonstrate knowledge of adult development, characteristics of adult learners, and appropriate ways of supporting educators’ professional growth
- Apply knowledge of learners and curriculum to offer exemplary college-level instruction and supervision to practitioners in the field of education
- Master the research skills of the teacher/scholar in education as demonstrated by professional presentations, scholarly writing, and the successful completion of independent dissertation research
- Contribute to the commonwealth and other educational settings by working effectively and ethically with diverse populations of educators, children, families, and communities
Students who have earned a valid instructional certificate from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may pursue the Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction Certificate in conjunction with a 6-credit supervised doctoral internship.
For more information on our program, please visit the Curriculum and Instruction program page or see the graduate catalog.
Contacts are Dr. Mary Jalongo, mjalongo@iup.edu, or Dr. Frank Corbett, Jr., fcorbett@iup.edu, 724-357-2400, fax: 724-357-2961.
