Teaching and Learning - Doctoral Degree
The Doctoral Program in Teaching and Learning at NYU Steinhardt aims to prepare first-rate scholars and practitioners with a PhD degree with a focus in the following areas:
- History, Social Studies, and Global Education -Robert Cohen
- Literacy Education - Katherine Stahl
- Mathematics Education - Martin Simon
- Science Education - Susan Kirch
- Special Education - Lisa Fleisher
- Urban Education - Pedro Noguera
Degree Requirements
Following matriculation, students are required to complete between 48 and 60 points of study (depending on prior experience and course work). These courses are taken in order to prepare students to conduct independent research in their focus areas.
In addition to earning points, students must also achieve candidacy through completion of a candidacy examination. They must also prepare a dissertation proposal and they must complete and defend the dissertation - within 10 years of their initial date of matriculation.
Because the development and completion of a dissertation depend on intensely individual interest and work, the program emphasizes the individual tailoring of students' programs from the very beginning. It aims to suit students' unique interests and experiences - both those they bring to the program initially and those that develop as they study.