LLSS Ph.D. Students
8. Parallel Institutions
LLSS Department’s Programs and Degrees’ offerings were compared with the following seven parallel institutions:
Peer Institutions – Doctoral/Research University—Extensive
· The Ohio State University, The School of Teaching & Learning, Program of Language, Literacy and Culture. http://www.coe.ohio
state.edu/edtl/programs/llc.htm
· Northern Illinois University, College of Education, Department of Literacy Education.http://www.cedu.niu.edu/ltcy
· University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Program of Language and Literacy in Education.
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/degrees_programs
· Penn State University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Program of Language & Literacy Education.
http://www.ed.psu.edu/CI/ciOptionLangLitEd/about.html
Regional Institutions – Doctoral/Research University—Extensive
· The University of Georgia, College of Education, Department of Language and Literacy Education.http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/
· The University of Arizona, College of Education, Department of Language, Reading and Culture. http://coe.arizona.edu/pages/dep_lrc/index.php
· University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education, Program of Language and Literacy, Society and Culture. http://www
gse.berkeley.edu/program/llc/llc.html
· University of Utah, Department of Education, Culture and Society, www.ed.utah.edu/ecs/index.htm
Table 8.1 summarizes each program’s mission and goals, organization, whether or not they offer undergraduate degrees, what graduate degrees are offered, and the nature of the courses they offer.
Table 8.1
University Mission and Goals
Organizational Status
Underg raduate degrees
Gradu ate Degre es
Courses
Ohio State University
Professional education of
Program of Language,
Yes M.Ed.
M.A.
English education Drama Education
practitioners and scholars who can provide leadership in the interdisciplinary domain of language, literacy, and culture.
Literacy and Culture
Ph.D Social Studies and Global education Foreign and second language education,
Language arts, literature and reading education.
Northen Illinois University
Prepare socially responsible practitioner scholars to work and learn within multicultural and multilingual contexts and to foster literacy and language development for all learners
Department of Literacy Education
Special educati on
M.A.
Ed.D.
Courses in the following areas:
Special education courses Multicultural education Language arts
reading
University of Pennsylvania
Program of Language and Literacy in Education
No M.S.
M.Ed Phil.
Ed.D.
Ph.D.
Courses offered in the following areas:
Educational linguistics Intercultural communication Reading/writing/literacy TESOL
Penn State University
Interdisciplinary, theoretically rigorous, self
reflective, and contextual work in the broad fields of language, culture, and pedagogy.
Focus on issues of culture and power, teacher education, childhood and youth studies, indigenous knowledge, language politics, curriculum, etc
Program of Language &
Literacy Education
Yes M.S.
M.Ed.
Ph.D.
Readi ng specia list certifi cation
Areas of emphasis: bilingual education, children’s literature, cultural studies and critical pedagogy, critical and school literacy, situated literacy and policy studies, secondary English
education, critical media literacy, women’s studies, world languages.
The
University of Georgia
Preparation of highlyquality educators for elementary, middle and high school levels.
Help to shape
Department of Language and Literacy Education
Yes M.Ed.
Ed.S.
Ph.D.
Courses for following programs:
Children’s literature and language arts
Secondary English education Reading education
Foreign language education TESOL
policy and practice that guides literacy education, English educ, foreign lang. and ESL. Research on language and literacy.
The
University of Arizona
Study of teaching and learning of literacy and biliteracy in the educational context of cultural and linguistic diversity
Department of Language, Reading and Culture
Yes M.A.
M.Ed.
Ed.S.
Ed.D.
Ph.D.
In areas such as: literacy, bilingualism, children’s and adolescent literature, culture and education, educational linguistics, indigenous language education, American Indian education, reading and writing, language, etc.
University of California Berkeley
Studying, designing, and taking part in transformative approaches to individual and social
development, approaches within schools and classrooms, across diverse contexts in communities..
combining examination of talk, activity, language and literacy, with the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of education and schooling.
Especial focus on the poorly served in urban settings
Program of Language and Literacy, Society and Culture
No M.A.
Ph.D.
Ed.D.
Basic concepts and theories in language and literacy learning, reading, writing, literature, education of language minority students, socio cultural and developmental vision of oral and written language, anthropology, linguistics, sociology,
psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
University of Utah
To better understand the sources of current educational policies and practices that will lead to a
Department of Education, Culture and Society
No M.A.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Courses in history, philosophy, sociology, language, culture curriculum, educational theory.
feminism, race theory.
more democratic society.
The LLSS graduate program seems to be fairly similar to departments and programs devoted to graduate study of bilingualism, TESOL, language development, literacy, racism, and sociocultural issues in education. We are organized as a department, like three of our peer and regional institutions. Like the University of California Berkeley, the University of Utah, and the University of Pennsylvania, we offer no undergraduate degrees and are ancillary to undergraduate teacher preparation. Curriculum requirements and course selection are similar, and the interdisciplinarity of our program and our commitment to an intellectual community are echoed in many of the other programs.