Family, youth, and community
The family, youth, and community programs in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction are undergoing substantial changes. Some programs will be phased out and some are moving to other departments.
Degree program information
Family, youth, and community education
Ph.D. and M.A.: Admissions to the family, youth, and community M.A. and Ph.D. tracks with sub-specialization in family, youth, and/or community education have been suspended. This decision will not adversely affect currently enrolled students.
Family education
M.Ed. in family education: family and consumer sciences license — Admissions to this program has been suspended. Applications are no longer being accepted.
M.Ed. in family education: professional studies* — available
to those who are already licensed teachers or to those in educational
roles who wish to enhance their professional skills and understandings.
Many individuals choose to combine this M.Ed. degree program with a
teaching license in parent education (download
sample M.Ed. and parent education
licensure planning form [pdf].
(* This program is moving to the
Department of Family Social Science fall 2011.)
Parent and family education licensure program* — available for those who wish to teach in and lead parent education programs in a variety of school and community settings. In Minnesota, the parent education licensure is required for those teaching in early childhood and family education (ECFE) programs. Though not required for licensure, students may choose to combine this program with an M.Ed. in family education (download sample combined M.Ed.-licensure planning form [pdf]), or an M.A. or Ph.D. degree program in FYC. (* This program is moving to the Department of Family Social Science fall 2011.)
Certificate
in parent education*— an online post-baccalaureate program designed
for those who wish to teach in and lead parent education programs in
a variety of school and community settings that do not require a Minnesota
teaching license.
(*
this program is moving to the Department of Family Social Science
fall 2011.)
Certificate in community and learning — Admissions to this program has been suspended. Applications are no longer being accepted.
Faculty
- Lynn Englund
I am interested in adapting the residential democratic education strategies of Highlander Folk School in the U.S. and the Folk High Schools of Denmark for their use with families, youths, and communities. - Yvonne S.
Gentzler
I am interested in interdisciplinary education, utilizing the practical reasoning process, to enhance our lived experiences. I use narrative approaches of research to explore how people figure out their lives, determine how to live, and make sense of their situations. I couple those findings with theories of creativity to identify initiatives and experiences that have the potential to make a difference. - Amy Jo Lundell
I am an alumni of the University of Minnesota family and consumer sciences initial license program and former family and consumer science teacher with special interest in family education. - Ruth G. Thomas
My research interests concern cognitive theory-based instructional design, curriculum and program development, and family and parent education. Currently, I serve as department chair for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Affiliate graduate faculty
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Ross Velure Roholt — School of Social Work
Community-based models for youth participation and youth development; youthwork practices to enhance community-based models of youth participation and youth development. -
Jerome (Jerry) Stein
My research interests are in democratic learning communities; community building; history and philosophy of youth work; philosophy and politics of community-based learning; ecologies of education (non school-based learning); cultures of learning. - Susan K. Walker
I teach courses in parent education and in family, youth, and community. My research interests include the use of technology in parent education, and intersections between parenting and early education, and between formal and informal parent education.
For more information about the transition of FYC programs:
- M.A. and Ph.D. programs in FYC
Dr. Yvonne Gentzler
gentzler@umn.edu - Parent and family education licensure
Colleen Clements
famed@umn.edu
- M.Ed./initial licensure in family education
(licensure for teaching family and consumer sciences (FACS), grades 5-12)
Amy Jo Lundell
lunde037@umn.edu - M.Ed./professional studies program in family education
(masters program for family education professionals)
Dr. Susan Walker
skwalker@umn.edu - M.Ed./professional studies program in youth development
leadership
Dr. Jerry Stein
stein035@umn.edu - Certificate in community and learning
Dr. Lynn Englund
engl8813@umn.edu - Certificate in parent education
Heather Cline
cline048@umn.edu
Revised March 2012
