Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry

Chair's Welcome

CCEI I would like to welcome you to the Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry (CCEI) at Florida Atlantic University. We are one of the most internationally oriented faculty in the college; most members of this cutting-edge department speak at least one other language in addition to English, and have traveled, worked, and lived all over the world. You can find us engaged in a multitude of international projects, like training teachers in countries such as Brazil and Belize, working with educators in Mexico, presenting at conferences in Malaysia, South Africa, and Italy, and sponsoring study abroad programs in Great Britain and Mexico. We play significant leadership roles in the most prominent international, national, and regional professional organizations in our fields. Our scholarly endeavors include editing journals, publishing peer reviewed books and articles, presenting at national and international conferences, and maintaining scholarly research agendas. We also have great success in writing and securing grants for program development and research. In addition to our global interests, we respond to the needs of the community by involving ourselves in school programs, providing professional development for teachers, and volunteering in programs that serve underrepresented people.

You will soon discover that faculty in CCEI are some of the most enthusiastic individuals that you will encounter at Florida Atlantic University. Faculty expertise covers a variety of areas including TESOL and Bilingual Education, Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Early Childhood Education.

CCEI is home to the Doctoral degree and the Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as the Master’s degree In Curriculum and Instruction. The Master's includes such areas as:"

  • Art (K-12)
  • English/Language Arts (6-12)
  • TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, which leads to TESOL endorsement)
  • Foreign Language (French, Spanish, K-12)
  • Holocaust and Human Rights Education (not related to certification)
  • Mathematics (6-12)
  • Music (K-12)
  • Reading (K-12) (combines reading and curriculum; leads to endorsement but does not lead to certification as a reading teacher)
  • Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, 6-12)
  • Social Studies (6-12)
Additionally, CCEI students can achieve degrees in the following programs:
  • Bachelor’s in Early Care and Education, a program in collaboration with the Department of Exceptional Student Education
  • M.Ed. in Social Foundations of Education: Multicultural Education
  • M.A. in TESOL and Bilingual Education
  • M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education

Please explore our website and peruse our exciting menu of educational opportunities. We hope you like what you see! We would be happy to have the privilege of meeting and welcoming you into one of our degree programs.

H. James McLaughlin Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry

Mission Statement

We are educators committed to preparing and supporting professionals in the service of schools and society in diverse local, national, and global settings. Our teaching, scholarship, and service integrate established and emerging theory, research, and practice. Programs and course work in our department incorporate the fields of Curriculum and Instruction, Multicultural and Global Education, TESOL/ Bilingual Language Education and Early Childhood Education. Faculty and student activities involve schools, universities, workplaces and community organizations; and address the challenges of a diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological society.

We fulfill our mission by preparing informed, capable, ethical, and reflective decision-makers who:

  • Consistently facilitate and participate in professional development for themselves and others in the profession
  • Are critical thinkers who value diverse national and international perspectives
  • Possess and utilize the skills to engage in credible interdisciplinary inquiry and dialogue to bring about positive change in their own professional environment
  • Contribute to the professional discourse regarding curriculum, learning, and teaching
  • Develop curriculum and facilitate learning that promote the ideals of a democratic society and support equitable education for all

Updated March 16, 2012