Philosophy & Education

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Whether you want to teach, undertake research, or otherwise be a force for good in education, this program will help you achieve your goals.

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You’ll deepen and widen your humanistic, philosophical thinking about education and have the opportunity to join our active community of scholars that makes our program unique.

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Develop a solid foundation for careers in teaching, scholarship, and public service, or prepare for further graduate and professional study.

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Philosophy of Education Society 2020

Program in Philosophy and Education alumni and current student breakfast at the annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, Pittsburgh, March 8, 2020. Featured, from left to right: Sara Hardman (TC student), LeAnn Holland (St. Lawrence University), David Hansen (Program Director), James Stillwaggon (Iona University), Jeff Frank (St. Lawrence University), Winston Thompson (Ohio State University), Doris Santoro (Bowdoin College), Matt Hayden (Drake University), Buddy North, Kirsten Welch, and Stefan Dorosz (all TC students).

Welcome to the program in Philosophy & Education

Help shape the future of philosophy of education through graduate research at Teachers College, Columbia University. Our program attracts students from all over the nation and the world who want to be part of a collaborative and scholarly community. As a graduate student in this program, the only one of its kind in New York City, you'll have the opportunity to advance humanistic and critical thinking about education. Through a highly successful cohort model, our students engage substantive themes in aesthetics, ethics, social and political philosophy, and more, while linking these themes to fundamental educational questions. Through this extraordinary program, you’ll be on the path to becoming a more grounded thinker and a more influential educator no matter where you work or may end up working. Whether you’re looking to become a college professor or to achieve other career aspirations, no other graduate program in North America matches us for placing graduates.