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Overview
The MA program in Educational Studies is a department-wide thesis based program that can be completed full-time over a two year period or part-time over a longer period.
MA students can focus their studies in one of four MA concentrations:
- Adult Learning and Education (ALE)
- Educational Leadership and Administration (EDAL)
- Higher Education (HIED)
- Society, Culture and Politics in Education (SCPE)
MA students may also enroll in a general concentration.
The EDST MA is for students who are interested in learning and writing education research or in becoming educational researchers. The program also prepares students for continuing doctoral work in education (PhD and EdD), should they wish to pursue this option.
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What makes the program unique?
- The Educational Studies department is multidisciplinary with representation from history, philosophy, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and law. We welcome students from diverse life and work backgrounds and research interests.
- We have a global faculty and student profile from North and the America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- We pride ourselves on our established theory-praxis tradition and a strong commitment to social justice.
- Our department is situated within a research-intensive university and works with other faculties to produce cutting-edge research.
Quick Facts
Program Components Coursework + Thesis required
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Supervision
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for this program
Applicants should browse faculty profiles and indicate in their application who they are interested in working with. No commitment from a supervisor prior to applying is necessary, but contacting faculty members is encouraged.
Advice and insights from UBC Faculty on reaching out to supervisors
These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
- Abdi, Ali (Decolonizing philosophies of education, Development education, Critical research methodologies,; Human rights education; Decolonizing philosophies of education, Development education, Critical research methodologies, , Human rights education)
- Ahenakew, Cash (Cultural studies, Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education)
- Andres, Lesley (life course research; international comparative higher education; sociology of higher education; Life course research, International comparative higher education, Sociology of higher education)
- De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa (Education for/about international development, Social accountability in local and global engagements, Global Citizenship Education)
- Ellis, Jason (Education policy; history of education; Education policy, History of education)
- Fallon, Gerald (Indigenous Studies, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and Organizations, Policy, Research methodologies)
- Gill, Hartej (Cultural studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Teaching and Practice)
- Gleason, Mona (history of childhood; history of education, history of children’s medical treatment in Canada; history of women in Canada, history of gender and sexuality, History of children and youth and the history of education, critical approaches to children and youth, gender and sexuality, the body, race and nation, research methods in education, and schooling and the familyautobiographical approaches to the history of family, and schooling, mothering and language learning, Indigenous priorities in schooling, gender culture in kindergarten, sexuality and HIV prevention education in the context of South Africa, and educational leadership as a key concept in Early Childhood Education)
- Kelly, Deirdre (Children and youth, Gender studies, Media and democracy, Social justice, Sociology of Education)
- Kovach, Margaret
- Mazawi, Andre (Citizenship and democracy, Higher education, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and organizations, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education)
- Metcalfe, Amy (Higher Education Studies; Higher Education Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education; Science and Knowledge; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Higher Education Studies, Higher Education Policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Internationalization, Migration Studies, Academic Labour and Mobility, Visual Research Methods, Campus Environments)
- Rocha Perkerwicz, Samuel (Philosophical Traditions in Education; philosophy of education; Philosophical Traditions in Education, Philosophy of education)
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education; Environmental philosophy and education, Philosophy of education, Political education)
- Shan, Hongxia (Immigration and adult education and learning; Lifelong learning; Gender and work; Prof. learning; Immigration and adult education and learning, Lifelong learning, Gender and work, Prof. learning)
- Stack, Michelle (Community Engaged Research; Knowledge translation; Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies; University Rankings and Equity; Disability studies; anti-racism; media education; Community Engaged Research, Knowledge Translation, Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies, University Rankings and Equity, Disability Studies, Anti-Racism, Media Education)
- Stein, Sharon Rebekah (Educational theory; Global education; Higher Education; International and comparative education; International education; Pedagogy and education; Post-colonial studies; Race/ethnicity; Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Social justice; sustainability; climate change; Climate education; Transdisciplinarity; Educational theory, Global education, Higher education, International and comparative education, International education, Pedagogy and education, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Social and cultural foundations of education, Social justice, Sustainability, Climate change, Climate education, Transdisciplinarity)
- Taylor, Alison (Education, Knowledge and Skills; Educational Context; Political Contexts; Social Contexts; Social Policies; Education, Knowledge and Skills, Educational Context, Political Contexts, Social Contexts, Social Policies)
- Vanwynsberghe, Robert (Citizenship and democracy, Social justice, Sustainability; Sustainability; Environmental Education; Theory and Method)
- Walker, Judith (Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education; adult education, higher education, policy studies, health professions education)
- Wang, Fei (Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership; educators' health and wellbeing)
- Webb, P. Taylor (Education governance, policy, and politics; Michel Foucault; Gilles Deleuze; Neoliberalism; Governmentality; Micropolitics; Biopolitics; Subjectivity; Artificial Intelligence; Education governance, policy, and politics, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Neoliberalism, Governmentality, Micropolitics , Biopolitics, Subjectivity, Artificial Intelligence)
- Wright, Handel ((post)multiculturalism and multicultural education; Africana studies; Critical Race Theory; Cultural Studies; Educational Approaches; identity, citizenship and belonging; postcolonialism and decolonization; Transcultural Studies; Youth Studies; anti-racism; (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education, Africana studies, Critical Race Theory, Cultural studies, Educational Approaches, Identity, citizenship and belonging, Postcolonialism and decolonization, Transcultural Studies, Youth studies, anti-racism)
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