Professional Development Academies in Education

Professional Development Programs in Information Studies

UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

An ecosystem of K-12 teaching schools where UCLA partners to develop, study, share, and advance innovative best practices.

The work at UCLA Ed&IS is guided by the principles of individual responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and commitment to the communities we serve. Learn more about our mission and values, our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our faculty and students, our history and more.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are defining features of UCLA Ed&IS and we embrace them as a source of strength.

Department of Education 2023 Information Sessions

Department of Information Studies Programs

Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

Learn more about the undergraduate and graduate academic programs we offer, when program information sessions are being offered and how to apply.

College of Educational Studies
Reeves Hall 205
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866

Department of Education

Comparative and International Education

Diversity

Education Law

Education Policy

Higher Education

Immigrants and Immigration

Leadership

Multicultural Education

Teaching

Peter McLaren

Ph.D., Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Teaching Credential, Toronto Teachers College, Canada

M.Ed, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

B.A., University of Waterloo, Canada (Faculty of Arts, Elizabethan Drama)

2013 Outstanding Educator in America Award from the Association of Educators in Latin America and the Caribbean

Distinguished Fellow in Critical Studies in Education, School of Critical Studies in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce

Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Distinguished Fellow in Critical Studies, Chapman University

The Central New York Peace Studies Consortium Lifetime Achievement Award in Peace Studies

First Annual Social Justice and Upstander Ethics in Education Award presented by the Department of Education, Antioch University, Los Angeles.

Ana Kristine Pearson Award in Equity in Education and Economy presented by The Center of Education and Work, the University of Toronto.

International Award in Critical Pedagogy, Ministry of Education, Venezuela

Lifetime Achievement Award, Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed, Inc. and Miami University of Ohio.

Lifetime Achievement Award. Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Award of Honor in Critical Pedagogy.  Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Ankara University, Turkey.

Honorary Director, Center for Critical Pedagogy Research, Northeast Normal University, Changchun China.

Division B Outstanding Book Recognition Award by the American Education Research Association 2016.

Society of Professors of Education Book Award, 2016.

2017 Lifetime Achievement Award in Critical Media Literacy presented by the Critical Media Literacy Conference at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, GA

2017 Educational Research Association (AERA)  Division B Lifetime Achievement Award