Curriculum Studies

Overview

Purdue’s graduate program in curriculum studies explores the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of education, with emphases on social justice, multiculturalism, and international concerns.

We focus on the theories and practices of teaching and learning: both traditional questions concerning curriculum design and evaluation and newer questions that have emerged in the field, including how curriculum is culturally, politically, and economically situated; contemporary analyses of curriculum and instruction discourses; and multicultural, global and international dimensions of teaching and learning.

Inquiry in Curriculum Studies involves multiple disciplines, perspectives, and orientations, including post-structuralism, narrative inquiry, multicultural education, cultural studies, and critical theory. Program faculty use these orientations and perspectives to study educational experiences in and out of school contexts.

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Our Faculty

Our faculty are involved in a wide range of research activities and projects related to the field of Curriculum Studies. See our list of faculty and an overview of their research projects.

Associate Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Work Phone: (765) 494-4901
Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Work Phone: (765) 496-2863
Associate Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Work Phone: (765) 494-0803 Website: Vita
Assistant Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Clinical Assistant Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Work Phone: (765) 496-6629
Professor Curriculum StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Work Phone: (765) 494-2352