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EDUCATION 240-3

SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION ?

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Spring Semester, 1992 ?

Instructor: Dr. J. Dawson

(January 6—April 3)

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Office: ?

MPX 8639

Monday & Wednesday ?

Phone: ?

291-3476 (office)

3:30-4:20 p.m. + Tutorials ?

291-3395 (messages)

Location: AQ 3150

COURSE DESCRJPFION

This course will examine social issues in education within their historical and

cultural context. Topics to be discussed will include:

- the origin, nature, and purpose of schooling

- schooling and social control

- racism and class bias in education

- equity in education

- immigration and education

- education and social change

The general objectives of the course are:

- to encourage students to think seriously about the nature of education

and schooling and to consider the relationship between education,

schooling, and major social, political, and economic institutions in

society

- to stimulate an interest in and a concern for the future of education in

Canada

The emphasis in the course will be on (but not limited to) education in Canada.

Education will be broadly conceived and discussion will not be limited to

schools and schooling.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Two term tests - test 1

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25%

- test 2

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35%

Term paper or final exam

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40010

REQUIRED TEXTS

Bean, Philip, & Melville, Joy. (1989). Lost Children of the Empire. London:

Unwin.

Haig-Brown, Celia. (1988). Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian

Residential School. Vancouver: Tillacum Library.

Kogawa, Joy. (1983). Obasan. Penguin Books.

A number of articles relevant to the course will be on reserve in the library.

Students are strongly urged to consult these articles.

THIS COURSE OUTLINE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

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IFaculty of Education

Centre for Distance A-ation

Simon Fraser University

TC 3100 ?

291-3524

EDUCATION 240-3

SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

This course introduces students to the study of public education as a social institution

in terms of its origins, character, consequences, and possible future. Students are

encouraged to explore, analyze and raise questions concerning issues such as the

aims and practices of public schooling, education and socialization, streaming and

testing, school knowledge and social class, racism and sexism in education.

PREREQUISITE:

None.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Four essay assignments are required and will be graded at 25% each.