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
REQ ?
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
x
0-88880-300-1
Jaine, Linda ?
(ed.)
University of
Residential Schools: The Stolen
Saskatchewan
Years