Transformative Education

The Critical and Creative Thinking Graduate Program's concentration in Transformative Education is designed to accommodate students who would have undertaken the Learning, Teaching and Educational Transformation (non-licensure) M.Ed. before admissions were suspended in 2015.
For people who do not wish to be certified in Massachusetts (or who are already certified), the Transformative Education concentration is designed to help you work in a broad range of education-related professions including those outside of classroom teaching, such as adult- and community-based education, educational research, policy analysis, philanthropy, and advocacy. With assistance from a faculty advisor, students design a sequence of education-related courses to support your specific interests. By the time you finish your studies you are prepared to teach or guide others in ways that often departed from your previous schooling and experience, to address the needs of your schools, workplaces, and communities, to adapt and contribute to social changes, and to collaborate with others to these ends. Through your Capstone writing and reflections you convey to the faculty the process you were engaged in throughout the program that led you to these insights, knowledge and skills. In summary, the rationale for a distinct Masters concentration with an emphasis on social justice, critical analysis of curriculum, community involvement and reflective practice is that an explicit and sustained focus on learning and applying ideas and tools in these four areas allows students involved in a wide array of educational professions and endeavors to develop clarity and confidence to make deep changes in their learning, teaching, and service.”
The kinds of students that the new CCT concentration is designed to serve is indicated by profiles of LTET graduates. A summary of the differences between the concentration and LTET is given below.

Students taking this CCT concentration inform the Graduate Program Director, who approves core courses from the list below as substitutions for the regular CCT core courses. Description of the listed courses are given on this page. Requirements for the degree can be fulfilled from a distance through online sections.
CCT M.A. degree (33cr.) with concentration in Transformative Education
Four core courses (12 cr.) [*]
One in curriculum organization and innovation (CRCRTH 601, 602, 615, 630, 640, 645, 650, 652)
One in mediation, dialogue, and collaboration (CRCRTH 616, 618, 670)
One in urban and social justice education (CRCRTH 627).
One in cognitive and developmental psychology (CRCRTH 651, 652, 655)
[*] substitutions from EDCG and other programs possible, subject to GPD approval.
4 Electives & 2 research & engagement courses (CRCRTH692 & 693 & 694) (21 cr)

(Last update 27 January 2018)
The Concentration differs from the LTET M.Ed. in the following ways:

Notes:
A proposal for a track that is identical to this concentration is currently on hold; such a track would appear on a student's transcript.
If new non-licensure M.Ed. options accommodate students who would have undertaken LTET in its previous form, students in the CCT concentration could transfer across to LTET.

LTET M.Ed. (33cr.)
 CCT M.A. degree (33cr.)
with concentration in Transformative Education
Four core courses (12 cr.)
 Four core courses (12 cr.) [*]
One in curriculum organization and innovation (e.g., EDC G 630, 642, 660; CRCRTH 601, 602, 630, 640, 645, 652; BWPEDU 510)
 One in curriculum organization and innovation (CRCRTH 601, 602, 615, 630, 640, 645, 650, 652)
One in mediation, dialogue, and collaboration (e.g., DISRES 624; CRCRTH 616, 618, 670)
 One in mediation, dialogue, and collaboration (CRCRTH 616, 618, 670)
One in urban and social justice education (e.g., EDC G 606, 672; CRCRTH 627, APLING 665).
 One in urban and social justice education (CRCRTH 627).
One in research and writing for reflective practice (e.g., EDCG 621, 689, 690; CRCRTH 611, 692, 693; BWPEDU 501, 530)
 One in cognitive and developmental psychology (CRCRTH 651, 652, 655)
[research and writing for reflective practice covered by pre-capstone courses, see below]

[*] substitutions from EDCG and other programs possible, subject to GPD approval.
Electives, 7 (21cr)
 4 Electives & 2 Pre-capstone research & engagement courses (CRCRTH692 & 693) (18cr)
Capstone
 Capstone (3cr)
Written paper undertaken as part of an elective course OR
30-day essay exam
 Written paper undertaken as part of CrCrTh 694 (3cr)