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Education Studies is a concentration designed for learners who are not seeking teacher licensure, but who are interested in exploring educational issues from an interdisciplinary liberal arts perspective. Union Institute & University’s BA in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Education encompasses a variety of topics in the social, psychological, political, cultural, and economic dimensions of education. A primary area of focus is the complex relationship between the purposes and effects of schooling. Other significant topics include the relationship among families, communities, and schools; the role of schools in a diverse democracy and effective approaches to teaching and learning in the context of human development. Learners will explore such issues through reading, research, experiential learning, reflection, and critical analysis.
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