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SPECIAL TOPICS: ISSUES IN DIVERSITY IN

(D02.00)

COURSE WEBSITE

M. Warsh

Wednesday 13:00-16:50

EDB 8620

PREREQUISITE:

This course is available to students who have completed a minimum of 6 semester

credits taken from Education, the Social Sciences and/or the Humanities, or upon approval of the

instructor.

Course Description:

This course is based on both practical and theoretical orientations to issues having to do with diversity in

Canadian education. It will be organized around the central theme, "the politics of diversity and its

impact on schooling." Students will survey school responses to diversity historically and examine

educational principles, practices, and perspectives related to a number of issues, such as cultural, ethnic,

racial, linguistic and religious diversity, and socio-economic, gender and ability differences in

schooling.

Objectives: Learning outcomes for students:

The course will comprise of a range of learning experiences, including: 1) individual study and

fieldwork assignments, 2) small-group and whole-class discussions, seminars and problem-solving

activities, 3) written and oral presentations, lectures and workshops. Specifically, the participants will:

• become conversant with some of the major issues having to do with linguistic, ethnic and cultural

diversity, and with gender differences in

schools;

• become conversant with the history of diversity in education in Canada and British Columbia;

• become conversant with the underlying political and education mandates that pertain to diversity in

BC schools;

• reflect on what culture, gender, linguistic and economic difference mean to individuals and groups;

• examine and begin to develop some understanding of the context for and implications of how

diversity is addressed in classrooms and schools;

• examine school curriculum and learning materials for stereotyping and bias;

• become knowledgeable about the ways that teachers and schools inadvertently further social

injustices;

• explore ways that classrooms, curriculum, schools, and teachers can increase appropriate responses

to diversity in schools.

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Assignments:

• In-class and/or take-home readings or activities, and in-class participation - 20%

• Midterm -

25%

• Field activity - 15%

• Research Project or Curriculum Development -

25%

• Final Essay/Presentation - 15%

Texts:

• The text book for the class will be announced as soon as possible and will be made available prior to

the beginning of the semester,

• There is a $ 20.00 per student photocopy charge for copies of articles, book chapters, etc., to be paid

at the first class meeting.

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