The Social Studies Education Graduate Program at the University of Michigan School of Education
Social Studies education takes seriously the assumption that education and democracy are inextricably tied together. Students pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Studies not only explore questions central to education, but also investigate issues residing in the center of democratic society itself.
What knowledge and skills are essential to promote and sustain a just and democratic society?
What curricular and instructional opportunities help students learn to use these knowledge and skills?
The Social Studies program encourages a critical examination of the issues surrounding curriculum development, teaching and learning in the social studies. Like the field itself, the Social Studies program uses history and the social scientific disciplines to study social education and its practices.
