The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies is to prepare ethical and reflective practitioners, researchers, and scholars for work in K-12, higher education, and other educational settings. Through teaching and outreach the Department strives to promote the values, knowledge, and skills needed to improve education in the state and across the region; and through the scholarly activities of its faculty and students, contribute to national research. Leadership, in all areas, requires an understanding of curricular, instructional, supervisory, and administrative processes as well as an awareness of the ever-changing social, philosophical, historical, political, cultural, legal, moral, and economic contexts of education. Programs offered through the Department meet this challenge by focusing on knowledge construction, learning, and pedagogy, and the development of professional practice that respects diversity, honors difference, and promotes social justice. The Department also maintains an on-going, open dialogue about school improvement through its association with various federal, state, and local educational agencies and professional organizations. The Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies is a full member of the University Council for Educational Administration.
Department Head: Dr. Angela Benson
Main Office: 301 Autherine Lucy Hall
| Educational Leadership | Higher Education Administration | Instructional Technology | Nurse Educator | Social and Cultural Studies |
MASTER OF ARTS
EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Professor, Educational Leadership
nadams@ua.edu
feminist postructuralism
girl studies
curriculum theory
desgregation
Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Studies
atkin014@ua.edu
pragmatism
teacher knowledge
Social and Cultural Studies & Instructional Technology Program Support
lballard@ua.edu
Professor, Instructional Technology
abenson@ua.edu
website
Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
wabergeron@ua.edu
Clinical Professor, Higher Education
apbreaux@ua.edu
website
Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Administration
ypbynum@ua.edu
leadership development in schools
mentoring
game-based learning
emerging learning technologies
professional development
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