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COURSE NUMBER: ED 441
COURSE NAME: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION
SEMESTER: SPRING 1975
COURSE INFORMATION:
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Instructor ?
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Dr. June Wyatt ?
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4:30-8:30 p.m.
RANGE OF TOPICS:
1.
Teaching about Cultural Differences: a variety of curriculum materials
and ways of using them will be examined. Possibilities for developing
new materials will be' explored.
2.
Teaching in a Cross-Cultural Context: practical issues in teaching in
integrated classes (or classes where the cultural background of the
students is different fran that of the teacher) Are sara teaching
strategies more effective than others?
3.
Historical, Social and Political Issues in Cross-Cultural Education:
-What role has education played in perpetuating or levelling cultural
differences in Canada?
-Language, Culture and Education: (Are minority cultural or linguistic
groups disadvantaged or different?)
-Community Control in Education: (What are the rights of parents?)
-Education and Equal Opportunity: (Is education having any impact on
reducing poverty?)
-Education in Third World Countries: (To what extent can it be a tool
for achieving self reliance?)
Banks, J. Teaching Ethnic Studies
Hostetler, J. 'Children in 'Amish Society
Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
King, A.R. The School at Mopass
Kleinfeld, J. Effective Teachers of Indian and Eskimo High School Students
Ryan. Poverty and the Child: A Canadian Study
POSSIBILITIES: As a class we may (depending on students' tirtE and avail-
ability) begin to research and catalogue places and people in the Lower
Mainland engaged in work in cross-cultural education. There is no
canprehensive guide to such activities in East Indian, Chinese,
Indian, and French cawnunities. Ca-piling this information can ' involve
classroan visits.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: ?
EDUC 401-402
or teaching experience
or permission of instructor