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Supporting Social Justice through the Curriculum

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Ed.D. Programs as Incubators for Social Justice Leadership

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The required content of any curriculum by definition communicates what the faculty considers the essential foundation to achieving the intended outcomes of the program (Tedesco, Opertii, & Amadio, 2014). In many Ed.D. programs, this content revolves around the nuts and bolts operations of various educational contexts.

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Distefano, A.M., Tiner-Sewell, K. (2016). Supporting Social Justice through the Curriculum. In: Ellis, A.L. (eds) Ed.D. Programs as Incubators for Social Justice Leadership. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-396-4_7

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