•C. 240-3 SOCIAL ISSUES IN
    EDT.ifION
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    SPRING, 1985
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Mike Manley-Casimir
    Tuesdays Thursday, 11:30 - 12:20 p.m.
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    LOCATION: ?
    On Campus (TBA)
    (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.
    REQUIPEMENTS:
    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. Education for Critical Consciousness, John Wiley (paperback).

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