EDUCATION 240-3: SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Spring Semester, 1994

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(January 4-March 31)

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Office: ?

Tuesday/Thursday, 13:30-15:00

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Phone: ?

Tutorial: Tuesday 10:30-11:20 ?

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course uses a case study approach to examine social, political, economic and

cultural influences on schools, teachers, students, and the practices of education.

Students will study cases that explore conflicts arising from such pivotal questions

as:

• Who should teach? Who does teach?

• Who decides what happens in classrooms?

The primary goals of the course include:

• to promote awareness of educational practice as a decision making process

making in educational practice

choices one makes in professional decision making contexts

NOTE: Students should be alerted to the fact that this course meets for two,

11/2

hour discussion sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students also meet in

scheduled, but unsupervised Study Groups, for an additional hour on Tuesday

EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

a)

The extent and quality of individual participation in class discussion and Study

Groups is a primary requirement and plays a major role in assessment.

b)

The completion of two major assignments

c)

Press.

Selected Readings - students will make choices from a list of options to inform their

work on selected topics.

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Centre for Distance Edu on

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Simon Fraser University

EDUCATION 240-3

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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.

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

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COURSE

IN S TRUCTOR