SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

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(DLOO)

Fall Semester, 1993

? Instructor: Dr. J.

(September 7 - December 6)

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Office:

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Mondays & Wednesdays

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Phone:

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291-3476 (office)

14:30 -

15:20 & tutorials

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291-3395 (messages)

Location: AQ 3154

DESCRIPTION

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

- 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.

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REQUIRED TEXTS

Gatto, John - Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory

Schooling. Gabriola Island, B.C. New Society Publishers, 1992.

Kozol, Jonathan - Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools.

New York: Harper Collins, 1992.

Webber, Marlene - Street Kids: The Tragedy of Canada's Runaways.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.

Haig Brown, Celia - Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian

Residential School. Vancouver Tillacum Library, 1988.

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Centre for Distance Educn

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Faculty of Education

Simon Fraser University

PC 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:

There are 4 assignment submissions each worth 25% of the final grade.

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