professor in large classroom teaching about 8 adult learners — Conservatory Professor of Music Education Jody Kerchner instructs future music educators. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

Program Overview

Education Studies

Program Type: Concentration

Students interested the Education Studies Concentration must take four full courses in a variety of liberal arts areas that explore educational foundations, issues, and pedagogical strategies. Students must also complete two experiential components—such as summer and or academic year internships, practica, or winter-term projects—that connect their pedagogical and conceptual understandings to local and off-campus educational environments. The Education Studies Concentration Committee advises students regarding course sections, internships, graduate schools, and potential employment.

Educational Opportunities

Oberlin’s Career Development Center and the Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research provide information about educational internship and employment opportunities in education and related fields.

Career Development Center Bonner Center for Service and Learning

children sitting on floor with student teacher singing. — Children in the SITES program mimic their SITES instructor as they play a game together. Photo credit: Courtesy of Kim Kaber

Spanish in the Elementary Schools

Oberlin College students of any academic major can apply to teach in the Spanish in the Elementary Schools (SITES) program. It‘s designed for children in kindergarten through second grade who attend Oberlin‘s Eastwood Elementary School. To prepare for this work, students are required to take EDUA 301 Language Pedagogy, which includes the SITES practicum.

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