Semester 96-1
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    IEDUC 240 - 3 SOCIAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
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    - Instructor: J
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    Dawson
    Office:
    8639mpc
    Tel:
    291- 3476
    Fax:
    291-3203
    E-mail:
    Janis_Dawson@sfu.ca
    Section: D1.00
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    Scheduled Final Exam: ''
    PREREQUISITE
    None
    COURSE DESCRIPTION
    This course will examine social issues in education within their historical and cultural contexts
    Topics will include:
    The Origin, Nature, and Purpose of Schooling
    Schooling and Social Control
    Inequalities in Education
    Children, Education, and the Media
    Children without Childhood
    Children at Risk
    Prejudice and Intolerance in Schooling
    Schooling and Assimilation
    OBJECTIVES
    * 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 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.
    REQUIREMENTS
    Grading will be based on written assignments and class participation.
    READINGS
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    REC
    1-55092-175-4
    Gatto, John T.
    New Society,
    Dumbirig Us Down
    Philadelphia
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    0-679-75166-1
    Postman, Neil
    Vintage
    The Disappearance of Childhood
    (Random House)
    0-8020-6705-0
    Webber, Marlene
    University of Toronto
    Street Kids
    (paperback)
    x
    0-06-091682-6
    Dorris, Michael
    Harper Collins
    The Broken Cord
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    0-88880-300-1
    Jaine, Linda ?
    (ed.)
    University of
    Residential Schools: The Stolen
    Saskatchewan
    Years

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