GOALS OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

• To prepare students to be responsive human service providers through
  better self-understanding

• To help students understand theory and its role in practice

• To facilitate students in becoming critical thinkers

• To support students as they recognize and resist oppressive behaviors of institutions and others

• To aid students’ understanding of the role and purpose of research and how to use research as social action

• To facilitate students’ finding and articulating their voices

• To help students understand the implications of the Pacific Oaks mission through personal/professional practice

• To utilize appropriate pedagogical approaches that facilitate all the above