Doctoral Seminars
The Doctoral Seminars in the Department of Teaching and Learning are open to doctoral students enrolled in any department or program at New York University. They are designed for small, conversation-size enrollments. Under the direction of one or more professors, seminar participants read rich texts, engage in deep conversation, and work on a paper or project designed to help the student gain a scholarly voice, reflect on issues of importance, and define a dissertation focus.
Departmental doctoral seminars are offered on a rotating basis and include:
E27.3037
Pro Seminar I: an introduction to the languages of theory, and an exploration
of theways that research, theory and practice intersect.
E27.3020
Doctoral Seminar in Teacher Education: an exploration of major issues and theories
in the preparation and continuing professional education of teachers.
E29.3007
Doctoral Seminar in Multilingual Issues: Integrative experience that includes
current research, literature, and innovation in the field.
E27.3013
Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: a focus on the nature of teaching,
learning, and curriculum with an emphasis or urban education in a global
context.
E11.3014
Doctoral Seminar in Reading and Teaching Literature: Examines theory and research
in the teaching of literature. Enables students to explore their own concerns
regarding how individuals and groups read and interpret literature.
E27.3001
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Seminar: limited to doctoral students in the
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development who have achieved
candicacy and have completed at least one course in research methodology.
For students who have identifid an area of study.
E27.3015
Assessment and Evaluation: an introduction to the fields and an exploration
of the key issues.
E27.3017
Doctoral Seminar in Educational Linguistics: Investigates issues and research
in the application of linguistic theory to educational problems. Distinguishes
between traditional (commonsense) and progessive (uncommonsense) approaches
to such issues as gender, language and learning, and literacy as a sociocultural
phenomenon.
E27.3022
Language and Culture in Teaching and Learning: The seminar in the advanced
study of teaching and learning focuses on the crucial roles that linguistics
and cultural experience, environment, and knowledge play in teaching and
learning - both within school and within the broader context of community
life.
E11.3919
Doctoral Seminar in Discourse and Writing: an exploration of academic discourse
and the teaching and learning of writing as a seminal cross-disciplinary
research field in education.
E27.3001
Applied Linguistics: a focus on the role of language in teaching and learning,
and an introduction to a selection of important theories and texts.
E27.3101
Topics in Teaching and Learning--Schooling and Race: Explores topics related
to the overall study of how race has historically mattered and continues
to matter in American Schooling.