ED 8020 - Seminar in Critical Issues in the Future of Education

In this seminar students will develop the skills and knowledge to answer the following essential questions: What critical issues will our students and educational leaders encounter and how can we prepare them to successfully face those issues? How will educational and other organizations have to change to meet the challenges of our changing world? Students will identify, analyze, and problem solve vital issues in education today to the critical issues we foresee in the future of education. This seminar will focus on critical issues in relation to educational organization, pedagogy, curriculum, policies, philosophies, mission, economics, and public policy. Students will begin to develop their critical issues to connect to their dissertations. (4 credits)