Education is growth.
Education is, not a preparation for life;
education is life itself.
-John Dewey
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Introduction Matrix I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Standard VIII
Qualifications
and Professional Development of Faculty in Foundations of Education, Educational
Studies, and Educational Policy Studies
Faculty in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, or Educational Policy Studies shall be specialists in their fields by virtue of their doctoral degree concentrations and/or by having established active participation in the field of Foundations of Education through their instruction, research, and service. These faculty shall actively promote improvement of college and university teaching and demonstrate best teaching practices. They shall also engage in research and writing, participate regularly in the programs of appropriate professional and learned societies, and collaborate with educational practitioners and interested citizens on projects of mutual interest. Such activities serve to promote the regular reassessment and growth of their interpretive, normative, and critical perspectives on education.
Discussion of Standard VIII
This Standard seeks to promote formal doctoral and post-doctoral studies among persons engaged in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, or Educational Policy Studies as a necessary factor in obtaining and maintaining professional qualifications.
Faculty members involved in teaching and research devoted to developing interpretive, normative, and critical perspectives on education participate in a broad range of professional and scholarly activities for the purpose of maintaining currency in their specializations. They play primary roles in promoting inservice and professional development opportunities for their colleagues. Parent institutions, professional associations, and learned societies assist these endeavors by promoting professional, scholarly, and community involvement among faculty. To keep current with movements in society at large and particular communities that impinge on their professional and scholarly commitments, faculty in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies also collaborate with practitioners and interested citizens in order to strengthen meaningful lines of communication and to support an integration of knowledge on fundamental issues and problems in education.