The mission of the Khazar University Department of Education is to provide a foundation for:
Thinking critically about teaching and learning in the context of contemporary society;
Service or careers in non-school settings, such as social work, counseling, nonprofit organizations, educational publishing, leadership development, and business-related teaching;

Critical analysis of important educational issues in our society.

The department is committed to developing an appreciation of the power of learning to transform people and society, in the sense that individuals have the potential for constant growth and that education can be a force toward improvement in the life of the community and society at large.

We see ourselves acting in concert with the Khazar University mission statement that emphasizes autonomous thought, moral agency, and active citizenship for all Khazar students.  
The program emphasizes the development of habits associated with praxis, a concept in which reflection grows out of experience and is prelude and catalyst to action, particularly action that shares power and challenges injustice. Through this process, students come to recognize they are transformed as they learn, unlearn, and relearn in continuous ways that become life-long habits. The department intends that our graduates work throughout their professional and personal lives encountering, defining, and solving problems in continuous active engagement with the central issues of their time.