EDUC. 240-3

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Social Issues in Education

Fall, 1984

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Instructor: Dr. Mike Manley-Casimir

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:30-1.2:20 p.m.

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C 9001

(plus one hour of tutorial per week)

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 examining: the social

forces impinging on the school; educational policy and issues of justice particularly

questions of equality of educational opportunity; structural sources of injustice,

e.g., sex-role stereotyping, institutional racism, the effect of social class on

school learning and school based processes; education as liberation and Paulo Friere's

ideas of developing critical consciousness.

REQUIREMENTS:

1.

Tutorial participation with 2-3 associated short assignments.

2.

Term paper (10-12 pages in length).

3.

Final exam (probably take-home).

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Philip A. Cusick. Inside High School, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

(paperback).

Brian Wren. Education for Justice, Maryknoll , New York: Orbis Books, 1977.

(paperback).

Paulo Freire. Educationfor Critical Consciousness, John Wiley (paperback).