Stephen Plans His Research
For my second blog, I'll be talking a little about my doc program, educational history, research interests, and professional goals. Dr. Hogue - for your ease, I have bolded my one-sentence research topic in the first paragraph below. I'm currently nearing completion of coursework in the Curriculum Studies program in Purdue University's College of Education. Curriculum Studies focuses on the concept of curriculum broadly and generally - though not always - take a qualitative, critical approach to asking questions like "What knowledge is worth knowing, and who gets to decide?" I transferred into the Curriculum Studies program from Purdue's Higher Education program, due to a) a conflict with my previous advisors and b) a better fit for my research interests and work-life balance. My original interest in the program was in a subfield called public pedagogy - this field looks at 'curricula' outside of traditional learning spaces: ie, what is the curriculum...