The educational studies major provides students with the opportunity to study the discipline of education as it relates to other liberal arts disciplines. Educational studies fosters within students a deep understanding of the complexity of education and schooling as well as an ability to think critically about the ways in which education intersects with a broad range of social, cultural, political and economic forces. Using multiple lenses to study the psychological and social foundations of education in both contemporary and historical contexts, educational studies majors are prepared to participate in the decision making required as stakeholders in the educational processes within our society.
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES CONCENTRATIONS
Concentration in Teaching and Learning
This concentration prepares students for:
- teaching in private schools
- teaching in non-school settings such as museums, child care centers, environmental centers
- post-baccalaureate or graduate teacher certification programs
- graduate studies in fields such as educational psychology, school psychology, guidance counseling
Concentration in Education and Society
This concentration provides a foundation for those with career or graduate studies interests in areas related to:
- educational policy
- educational funding
- school law
Contact Info
Chair
- Elizabeth LewisAssociate Professor of Educational Studieslewiseli@dickinson.edu
Department Coordinator
- Sheri Davis-CordellAcademic Department Coordinatordaviscos@dickinson.edu
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Phone
- 717-245-1203
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Fax
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Location
- 2nd fl, 57 S College St Mailing Address
Department Features
Student Outcomes
Where Our Students Go From Here
Jobs
- Blue Engine
- Chewonki Foundation
- City Squash
- Deloitte
- Harford Day School
- JET Program (Japan)
- TAPIF - Teaching Assistant Program in France
- Teach for America
- Two Rivers Public Charter School
Graduate Schools
- George Washington
- Johns Hopkins
- New York University
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Pennsylvania
- Vanderbilt
- Villanova
Where Our Students Have Interned
- Breakthrough Collaborative
- Educational Testing Service
- The Franklin Institute
- Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary
- Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, Rome
- Children's Defense Fund
- John's Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Rhode Island
- Explo at Yale
- Loomis Chaffee School
- Oregon State Senate
Student Perspective
“The EDST department at Dickinson prepared me to have creative and well-planned lessons, to be flexible in the classroom and to get to know my students and their interests as well as understand the importance of having a strong background in the subject matter and curriculum theory. I was able to explore my interests in education at Dickinson, which allowed me to be successful!”
– Alex Gromacki ’18, middle school math teacher, Harford Day School, Bel Air, Maryland
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