1. SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
      2. EDUCATION 240-3 ?
      3. SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION ?
      4. (D1.00)
    1. Spring Semester, 1994 ? Instructor: Dr. J. Dawson
      1. (January 4—March 31) ? Office: ? MPX 8639
      2. Mondays & Wednesdays ? Phone: ? 291-3476 (office)
      3. 12:30-13:20
      4. Location: MPX 7618
      5. DESCRIPTION
      6. - the origin, nature and purpose of schooling - schooling and social control
      7. - racism and class bias in education - immigration and education
      8. - education and social change.
      9. The general objectives of the course are:
      10. - to encourage students to think seriously about the nature of education
      11. - to stimulate an interest in and a concern for the future of education in
      12. Canada.
      13. COURSE ASSESSMENT
      14. Written assignments and/or tests and class participation
      15. REQUIRED TEXTS
      16. Gatto, John - Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory ?
      17. Schooling. Gabriola Island, B.C. New Society Publishers, 1992.
      18. Kozol, Jonathan - Sava g e Ine q ualities: Children in America's Schools. New
      19. York: Harper Collins, 1992.
      20. Webber, Marlene - Street Kids: The Traged y of Canada's Runawa y s. Toronto:
      21. University of Toronto ,Press, 1991.
      22. Haig Brown, Celia - Resistance and Renewal: Survivin g the Indian Residential
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
?
EDUCATION 240-3
?
SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
?
(D1.00)
Spring Semester, 1994
?
Instructor: Dr. J. Dawson
(January 4—March 31)
?
Office: ?
MPX 8639
Mondays & Wednesdays
?
Phone: ?
291-3476 (office)
12:30-13:20
Location: MPX 7618
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.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Written assignments and/or tests and class participation
REQUIRED TEXTS
Gatto, John - Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory
?
Schooling. Gabriola Island, B.C. New Society Publishers, 1992.
Kozol, Jonathan - Sava
g
e Ine q
ualities: Children in America's Schools. New
York: Harper Collins, 1992.
Webber, Marlene - Street Kids: The Traged
y
of Canada's Runawa y
s. Toronto:
University of Toronto ,Press, 1991.
Haig Brown, Celia - Resistance and Renewal: Survivin
g
the Indian Residential
School. Vancouver Tillacum Library, 1988.

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