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COURSE SYLLABUS 

Education 240: Social Issues In Education 

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Fall 1977 

Instructor: ? 

Dr. June Wyatt 

Tutorial Leaders: Susana Cogan 

Sharon Cook 

Lectures: ? 

Monday and Wednesday 

11:30 - 12:20 

A.Q. 9201 

Objectives: 

To examine contemporary social controversies about the way 

schools should operate - should they reflect and reinforce 

social relationships outside of the school or should they 

attempt to alter these; is the latter possibleT 

What rights do students, parents and teachers have in 

determining what goes on in schools, what rights should 

they have ? In what ways do the expectations of these 

groups and of individuals within these groups conflict. 

What rights do religious, linguistic and cultural minority 

groups have ? 

Required Reading: ? 

(do not purchase before class) 

These texts will prOvide students with a common core of 

knowledge and common frames of reference. The book by 

Cusick should be read in its entirety. Only certain 

sections of the others will be required. The books should 

be read in approximately the following order: 

Cusick, Phillip-Inside High School. 

Martell, George-Politics of the Canadian Public School. 

Burton, Anthony-The ..Horn and the Beanstalk. 

Wolfgang, Aaron-The Education of Immigrant Students. 

Gross & Gross -Radical School Reform 

Harvard Ed. Review Reprints (Graubard, Bereiter, Kozol) 

Expectations: 

1. Tutorial Participation: 65% of grade. 

Each member of a tutorial will participate in all 

discussions and will serve as a leader in one. 

Discussion groups will be small - approx. 5 people per group. 

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45% of grade for your role as leader. 

25% of grade for your role as participant.? 

The following will serve as foci for discussion: 

1. Martell 

2.

Wolfgang, A. - Cultural differences. 

3.

Harvard 

Gross & 

Ed.

Gross 

Review Reprints 

Alternatives 

Format 

A. As a discussion leader you are responsible for: 

1.

Seeking out different 

p

oints of view expressed 

in the readings. 

2.

Formulating discussion questions based on readings 

and making sure that members of the group have these 

one week before the discussion. 

3.

Assigning readings to discussion group members one 

week ahead of the discussion. 

4.. Directing the discussion. 

5. Writing up a report on the discussion. 

Criteria for Evaluating Report 

1.

Clarity of writing, organization, presentation. 

2.

Clarity in focussing on and highlighting issues. 

(The report is not a series of "book reports" or summaries 

but an analysis of the ways in which readings and discussions 

highlighted issues.) 

The report should be no longer than 8 pages and should include: 

1.

The questions you used to guide discussion with an 

explanation of why you formulated these questions. 

How are the questions related to what 

you read ? 

2.

A statement of the issues. You should report not 

only on what happened in the discussion group but 

your own analysis of the issues. 

3.

A statement of different points of view as expressed 

in readings. 

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B. As discussion participant you are responsible for: 

1.

Doing readings assigned by leader. 

2.

Handing in a 2 page account of each discussion 

(5 points per account) in which you describe the 

main issues, what you read and how it related to 

the discussion. 

II. FINAL EXAM.: 30% of grade. 

Lecture Topics 

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The School and Society: Role and Functions, What is it 

supposed to do?, History, How did it come about ? 

a)

Goals and Purposes 

b)

Socialization, Stratification, Mobility 

c)

Conflicts in Public Expectations 

d)

Schools: Agents of Change or Upholders of the Status 

Quo. 

II. The School as a Social Institution - How does it operate, 

Does it achieve what it has set out to do ? 

Define Institution - ordered relationships between people 

in order to get something done. 

a)

The Role of the Teacher-Teacher Expectations 

b)

The Role of the Student-Student Expectations 

c)

The Hidden Curriculum 

d)

ISSUE: Sex role sterotyping. The context in which 

issues are examined. 

III. ISSUE: Rights in School 

a)

Nature of Rights-Community and Societal Interets, 

Compulsory Education. 

b)

Student Rights 

c)

Parent Rights 

d)

Teacher Rights 

IV. ISSUE: The Struggle for Control 

a)

Centralization vs. Local Control 

b) Neighborhood/Community Schools 

c)

Religious, Linguistic, Cultural Minorities 

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ISSUE: Pluralism and Education 

a)

Academically deficient or culturally different ? 

b)

Compensatory Education 

c)

Multiculturalism: Melting pot or mosaic ? 

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VI. ISSUE: Equality of Educational Opportunity 

a)

Finances 

b)

Curriculum 

c)

Teacher Preparation 

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