Western World

Section: D1.00

Scheduled Final Exam: No

Instructor: J

.

Dawson ?

Office: 8639mpc

Tel: 291-3476

Fax: 291-3203

E-mail: Janis_Dawson@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITE

None

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will consist of a a study of major trends in Western educational practice from antiquity to the present.

Topics will include:

• Education in the Ancient World

• Early Christian Schools

• Education in the Middle Ages

• The Impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on Education

• Education in Early Modern Times

• The Discovery of Childhood

• Nineteenth Century Concepts of Childhood and Education

• Twentieth Century Developments in Educational Thought and Practice

OBJECTIVES

a)

To develop an understanding of the ways in which educational practice has developed and changed over time in the

Western world.

b)

To gain an understanding of the development of Western educational institutions and educational systems in their

historical contexts.

c)

To develop an awareness of the purposes of education and schooling in the past as well as the present.

REQUIREMENTS

Course assessment will be based on written assignments, presentations, and class participation.

READINGS

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REQ REC

0-679-72829-5

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Sommerville, C. John ?

New York: Random The Rise and Fall of Childhood

House, 1990

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X

19-540384-3 ?

Demers, P. and G. Moyles, Toronto: OUP, 1956

ed.

Boyd, W., trans and ed. New York: Teacher's

College Press

Columbia University

From Instruction to Delight. An

Anthology of Children's

Literature to 1850.

The

Emile

of Jean Jacques

Rousseau

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0-02-013660-9

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Dewey, J

.

?

New York: ?

Experience and Education

MacMillan, 1977

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0-394-75634-7 ?

Elkind, D. ?

New York: Knopf, ?

Miseducation: Preschoolers at

1989 ?

Risk