•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).