The University of California, Berkeley School of Education, or the Berkeley School of Education (BSE), is one of fifteen schools and colleges at the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...
, a public research university in
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, Cali ...
. The BSE specializes in teacher training and education research.
Prior to its name change in June 2022, the school was known as the Graduate School of Education (GSE).
Location
The School of Education is located in Berkeley Way West in
Downtown Berkeley
Downtown Berkeley is the central business district of the city of Berkeley, California, United States, around the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street, and extending north to Hearst Avenue, south to Dwight Way, west to Martin Luther ...
, after previously occupying the east wing of Tolman Hall, located in the northwest area of the
UC Berkeley campus. Tolman Hall was deemed seismically unfit and is slated for demolition. The School of Education shares the Berkeley Way West building with the
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
The University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, also called Berkeley Public Health, is one of fourteen schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. The school is currently accredited by the Council on Education ...
and the Department of
Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
.
History
The school traces its roots back to 1889, when the
Regents of the University of California
The Regents of the University of California (also referred to as the Board of Regents to distinguish the board from the corporation it governs of the same name) is the governing board of the University of California (UC), a state university sys ...
announced "the intention... to establish a course of instruction in the science and art of teaching." The B.A. in Education was first offered by the
College of Letters and Science in 1892, followed by the establishment of the Department of Education (which would be included as a unit of the Graduate Division) in 1900. In 1913, the UC Board of Regents formally established the Graduate School of Education, with educator
Alexis F. Lange presiding as the school's first dean.
Over the next few decades, Doctoral, Master's, and Credential programs were developed, along with other notable research initiatives, programs, fellowships, and institutes. Among these programs and institutes was the
National Writing Project
The National Writing Project (NWP) is a United States professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, primary through university, and in all subjects.
Unique in breadth and scale, the NWP is a network of sites ...
(NWP), which was founded in 1974 as the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP).
On June 23, 2022, the Graduate School of Education was renamed the Berkeley School of Education to more "accurately
eflect itsmission of equity-focused education at all levels."
Programs
The school has
Master's Degree
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and
Ph.D.
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programs which are contained within three Areas of Study (with the exception of LEEP, which is a schoolwide program) and grouped by Degree and Credential objectives. All four Credential programs include an M.A. degree. All graduate programs stress the integration of theory with practical application. Researchers and classroom professionals work together to develop solutions to the grand challenges in education that require collaborative efforts across disciplines.
Other programs and academic units
*Leaders for Equity and Democracy (LEAD)
*The Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME)
*Undergraduate Minor in Education
*Undergraduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Childhood
*UC Berkeley Summer Session
* Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP)
* College and Career Academy Support Network (CCASN)
Tuition
Tuition varies based on program. For California resident graduate students, the fees for the 2017-2018 academic year are $9,315.75 per semester; for nonresidents and international students, $16,866.75 per semester. For students in the Leadership Education and Teacher Education MA-only programs, the California resident fees are $11,827.25; for nonresidents and international students, it is $17,949.75. Fees include student services fees, tuition, campus fee, class pass transit fee, and health insurance fees. Health insurance fees may be waived if resident and nonresident graduate students provide verification that they have comparable health insurance coverage. Fees for the Summer Sessions vary according to the number of units taken and contingent upon resident, nonresident, and international student status. All fees are subject to change.
Rankings
The ''
U.S. News & World Report'' ranked UC Berkeley's School of Education seventh among top schools of education in the United States (third among all public institutions) in 2008.
As of 2018, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the Graduate School of Education 19th among all schools of education (10th among all public institutions), tied with the
.
According to the 2018 ''
QS World University Rankings
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'', UC Berkeley placed eighth in the world under the subject category, Education & Training.
Notable people
Current faculty members
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Andrea diSessa
Andrea A. diSessa (born June 3, 1947) is an education researcher and author of the book '' Turtle Geometry'' about Logo. He has also written highly cited research papers on the epistemology of physics, educational experimentation, and constructiv ...
*
Marcia Linn
*
Elliot Turiel
Elliot Turiel (born 1938) is a psychologist and Distinguished Professor in the Berkeley School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on human development and its relation to education. He was born in Rhodes, Gr ...
Former faculty members
*
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
Elmer Ellsworth Brown (1861–1934) was an American educator.
Biography
Born at Kiantone in Chautauqua County, New York, Elmer Ellsworth Brown studied at New York University (NYU), graduated from Illinois State Normal University in 1881 and a ...
(1861–1934) - American educator, first Professor of the Science and Art of Teaching at UC Berkeley.
*
W. Norton Grubb III (1948-2015) - American author, educational economist, and professor
*
Alexis F. Lange (1862-1924) - First Dean of the Graduate School of Education.
*
Arthur Jensen
Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics an ...
(1923-2012) - Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology
*
Jean Lave
Jean Lave is a social anthropologist who theorizes learning as changing participation in on-going changing practice. Her lifework challenges conventional theories of learning and education.
Education and career
Lave received a Bachelor's from ...
- Professor Emerita of Education and Geography
Alumni
*
Natalia Anciso, Contemporary artist and educator
*
Béla A. Bánáthy
Béla Antal Bánáthy (born 1943 in Budapest, Hungary) is an American systems scientist, who teaches part-time at the International Systems Institute at the Saybrook Graduate School.
Biography
Bánáthy received his Bachelor of Science, B.S. f ...
, Systems scientist
*
Kathleen Barry
Kathleen Barry (born January 22, 1941) is an American sociologist and feminist. After researching and publishing books on international human sex trafficking, she cofounded the United Nations NGO, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW ...
, Sociologist and feminist
*
Shirley Chater
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, Former Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration
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*
Je'Rod Cherry
Je'Rod LePatrick Cherry (born May 30, 1973) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a safety (American football position), safety in the National Football League (NFL) from 1996 NFL season, 1996 to 2004 NFL ...
, Former
NFL
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player and radio personality
*
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön (; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa . Chödrön has written several dozen books and aud ...
, Ordained
Tibetan Buddhist
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nun, author, and educator
*
William John Cooper
William John Cooper (November 24, 1882 – September 19, 1935) was an American educator who served as US Commissioner of Education from February 1929 to July 1933.
According to the ''New York Times'': "His fundamental theory of education, which ...
, Former
US Commissioner of Education
*
John E. Corbally, American academic administrator and former university president
*
Laila Iskander, Social entrepreneur and
Egypt's Minister of State for Environment Affairs
*
Ernest Morrell, Educator, writer, Professor of English Education and Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at
Teachers College
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,
Columbia University
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, Past President of the
National Council of Teachers of English
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English studies (or simply, English) is an academic discip ...
(NCTE).
*
Nancy Skinner, Member of the
California State Senate
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...
*
Isiah Thomas
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,
NBA
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Hall of Famer, philanthropist, and broadcaster
References
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