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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 240-3

SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

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(111.00)

Spring Semester, 1993

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Instructor

(January 5 - April 2)

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Office:

Monday & Wednesday, 1:30-3:20 p.m.

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Phone:

& Tutorials

Location: AQ 3182

COURSE DESCRWIION

J. Dawson

MPX 8639

291-3476 (office)

291-3395 (message)

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

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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

Written assignments and/or tests and class participation

REQUIRED TEXTS

Gatto, John. Dumbin

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Us Down: The Hidden Curriculu:

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.

Postman, Neil. The Disappearance of Childhood. New York: Dell, 1982.

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

Vancouver: Tillacum Library, 1988.

AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED TEXTS.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia. Teacher. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.

Neill, A.S. Summerhill. New York: Pocket, 1984.