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SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

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(D2.00)

Intersession, 1992

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Instructor: Frank Koop

(May 8 —June 19)

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Phone:

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787-1446

Fridays, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Northern Lights

Chetwynd Campus

AHCOTE Program

OBJECTIVES

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To encourage students to develop a more profound understanding of the school as a

social institution.

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To study the effects current social issues are having on the school system.

3.

To apply informed analytical skills to former notions about schooling and to think

creatively about the applications of recent research in education.

PROCEDURES

The course will consist of lectures by the instructor and possibly selected guests, group

discussions, student presentations, films, and other relevant resources, all of

which shall have the purpose of promoting thoughtful consideration of issues

impacting on education and broadening the student's perspective on education.

TOPICS

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Demands of the Stakeholders

- Ownership of Education - Public/Private

- Professionalism of Educators

- Technological Impacts

- Economic Imperatives

- Values Education

- Educating for Responsible Citizenship

- Accommodating a Cultural Mosaic

- Equal Opportunity in Education

- Human Rights Issues

- Educating for the Future - "Year 2000"

READING MATERIALS

Ratna Ghosh & Douglas Ray. (1991). (Eds.). Social change and education in Canada.

Toronto, Canada: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.

B.C. Ministry of Education. (1990). Year 2000: A framework for learning.