EDUCATION 240 

Social Issues In Education 

Spring Semester 

1978

Instructor: Dr. M. Manley-Casimir 

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: ? 

Social Functions of the school; societal 

trends affecting the institutions and 

practices of education. 

RANGE OF TOPICS: ? 

The course will focus on the school as a 

social institution hnd then examine social 

issues that impinge on the school; for 

example, the struggle for control of education, 

rights in school, equality of educational 

opportunity, cultural pluralism, accountability, 

sex-role sterotyping, compulsory education, 

reform and reaction in education. 

TIME: 

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Tuesday and Thursday, 

9:30 -

10:20 a.m. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

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(1) Tutorial Participation 

(2)

Term paper (10-12 pages in length) 

(3)

Final exam (probably take-home) 

TEXTS: 

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Laska, John A. Schooling and Education 

Van Nostrand, 1976. 

Eisenberg John, & MacQueen Gailand Don't Teach That 

General Publishing Co. 1972. 

Ganley, Rosmary & Wood, Ron Technology and Change: 

Crisis in Canadian Education McClelland and 

Stewart Ltd. 