Re: [xmca] Grad studies at UD: Sociocultural and Communal Approaches to education (SCA)

Nice to see your voiceS here on xmca, Eugene!
Looks great, I think.
mike

On Nov 23, 2007 2:44 PM, Eugene Matusov <ematusov@udel.edu> wrote:

> Dear Mike and everybody--
>
> In response to Mike's request, I want to add the following info about our
> SCA program (Sociocultural and Community-based Approaches to research and
> education) at the University of Delaware (School of Education). Tony
> Whitson
> and I are part of the program. Please feel free to pass this info to
> prospective grad students who might be interested to apply (our deadline
> is
> on February 1st, 2008). We are in our second year of existence and we are
> fast growing program in terms of faculty and grad students. Please do not
> hesitate contacting Tony or me, if you have questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eugene
>
> ---------------------
> Eugene Matusov, Ph.D.
> Professor of Education
> School of Education
> University of Delaware
> Newark, DE 19716, USA
>
> email: ematusov@udel.edu
> fax: 1-(302)-831-4110
> website: http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu
> publications: http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/vita/publications.htm
> ---------------------
>
>
> Sociocultural and Community-based Approaches to research and education
> (SCA)
>
>
>
> The SCA specialization views education as contextual, dialogic, and
> relational. We recognize that learning is shaped by institutions,
> cultures,
> communities (including on-line communities), practices, technology, and
> histories. We are interested in how teachers, students, families,
> community
> members, and the society at large "make sense" of the principles and
> practices of education in complex and sometimes contradictory ways. We
> seek
> to investigate the purposes of education and to create models of equitable
> quality education.
>
> Our perspective includes, but is not limited to, research done in the area
> of situated cognition, critical pedagogy, feminist theory, disabilities
> studies, and so on. It also encompasses humanities-based approaches, such
> as
> philosophy and history; sociocultural approaches, and social science
> approaches grounded in sociology, psychology, and anthropology.
>
> The SCA specialization emphasizes the development of expertise in
> conducting
> high-quality research on significant issues in sociocultural and
> community-centered approaches to education. We also strive to prepare
> teacher educators who will engage preservice and in-service teachers,
> educational leaders and policy makers, and families and students in the
> work
> of examining and developing educational communities.
>
> For me details please go to
> http://www.udel.edu/educ/graduate/phd/phd_ed_overview.html#SCA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Whitson [mailto:twhitson@UDel.Edu]
> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 5:53 PM
> > To: Eugene Matusov
> > Subject: [xmca] Grad studies at UCSD (fwd)
> >
> > Eugene, this might be an opportune moment to post something about SCA.
> >
> > Tony Whitson
> > UD School of Education
> > NEWARK DE 19716
> >
> > twhitson@udel.edu
> > _______________________________
> >
> > "those who fail to reread
> > are obliged to read the same story everywhere"
> > -- Roland Barthes, S/Z (1970)
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:51:48 -0800
> > From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu,
> > "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Subject: [xmca] Grad studies at UCSD
> >
> > I am sure a lot of XMCA members are associated with interesting grad
> > programs. Below is the one I spend most of my time on
> > although I also participate in psychology and cog sci. There is a
> > group
> > here very interested in issues of mediation and development
> > as well as disability studies. If you know of interested students,
> > have
> > them check the full web page at
> > communication.ucsd.edu.
> >
> > Perhaps others will post similar notices?
> > mike
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > *Who comes to UCSD's Department of Communication?*
> >
> > Some arrive with undergraduate backgrounds in history or economics,
> > sociology or literature, political science or psychology. They might
> > have
> > grown dissatisfied with conventional disciplinary boundaries that do
> > not fit
> > their sense of the important questions concerning an increasingly
> > global
> > world. They may chafe at social and political theory that largely
> > ignores
> > media institutions or cultural phenomena such as nationalism or gender,
> > or
> > they find unsatisfying the analysis of texts in literary studies that
> > ignores how people read and use texts in daily life. They are looking
> > for a
> > field of study more open to the world beyond the university walls than
> > they
> > have found in other quarters.
> >
> > Others arrive here after having worked in the mass media and grown
> > disenchanted. They love the news business - or film or television or
> > art or
> > computers - but want these worlds to change. They need perspective,
> > they
> > want to understand, and they return to school.
> >
> > Communication at UCSD provides an unusually rich intellectual climate.
> > With
> > a faculty that maintains a foothold in a variety of other disciplines
> > in the
> > humanities, arts, and social sciences, students gain a broad exposure
> > to
> > contemporary intellectual currents. On the other hand, this wide array
> > of
> > intellectual delights requires an autonomy and self-discipline on the
> > part
> > of students greater than in most graduate programs. There is no "one
> > true
> > path" to a doctorate in this program. Rather, there is great variety in
> > the
> > theories and methods the faculty maintains students should master.
> > Therefore, there is not only more support for intellectual adventure
> > than in
> > many departments but also more room for intellectual floundering. The
> > department understands this and places great emphasis on close faculty
> > advising.
> >
> > We consider our graduate students to be among the most historically
> > sensitive, theoretically sophisticated, and intellectually cosmopolitan
> > of
> > any communication students in the country. We are pleased that several
> > of
> > our first doctoral students are already teaching at other leading
> > programs
> > around the world.
> >
> > Top <http://communication.ucsd.edu/graduate/grad.html#top>
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