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FALL SEMESTER 2004
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SPECIAL TOPICS: ISSUES IN DIVERSITY IN
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EDUCATION
(E01.00)
COURSE WEB SITE
M. Warsh
604-294-2552
Wednesday 16:30-20:20
EDB 7600
PREREQUISITE:
This course is available to students who have completed a minimum of 6 semester
credits taken from Education, the Social Sciences and/or the Humanities, or upon approval of the
instructor.
Course Description:
This course is based on both practical and theoretical orientations to issues having to do with diversity in
Canadian education. It will be organized around the central theme, "the politics of diversity and its
impact on schooling." Students will survey school responses to diversity historically and examine
educational principles, practices, and perspectives related to a number of issues, such as cultural, ethnic,
racial, linguistic and religious diversity, and socio-economic, gender and ability differences in
schooling.
Objectives: Learning outcomes for students:
The course will comprise of a range of learning experiences, including: 1) individual study and
fieldwork assignments, 2) small-group and whole-class discussions, seminars and problem-solving
activities, 3) written and oral presentations, lectures and workshops. Specifically, the participants will:
• become conversant with some of the major issues having to do with linguistic, ethnic and cultural
diversity, and with gender differences in
schools;
• become conversant with the history of diversity in education in Canada and British Columbia;
• become conversant with the underlying political and education mandates that pertain to diversity in
BC schools;
• reflect on what culture, gender, linguistic and economic difference mean to individuals and groups;
• examine and begin to develop some understanding of the context for and implications of how
diversity is addressed in classrooms and schools;
• examine school curriculum and learning materials for stereotyping and bias;
• become knowledgeable about the ways that teachers and schools inadvertently further social
injustices;
• explore ways that classrooms, curriculum, schools, and teachers can increase appropriate responses
to diversity in schools.
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Assignments:
• In-class and/or take-home readings or activities, and in-class participation - 20%
• Midterm -
25%
• Field activity -
15%
• Research Project or Curriculum Development -
25%
• Final Essay/Presentation - 15%
Texts:
• There is no textbook for this course. There is a $
25.00
per student photocopy charge for copies of
articles, book chapters, etc., to be paid at the first class meeting.
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