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EDIJC. 441-4 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION
SUMMER SESSION 1981
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INSTRUCTOR: Harry Krasnick
Tuesday P Thursday, 4:30 - 8:20
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LOCATION: Campus
This course is designed for individuals working in multicultural settings in
education, social service, health care, counselling, and so on.
OBJECTIVES:
Through assigned readings, lectures, and active participation in class and group
discussions, students will acquire an informed position on the cultural and
structural issues affecting the process of education, including:
a.
strategies of working in multicultural settings, inc. handling
of conflict
b.
development/revision of materials for teaching about differences in
cultures and values
c.
home-school communication in the multicultural community
d.
sociopolitiëal and economic issues '.iwmulticüiturai education
GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS:
a.
Canadian cultural identity
b.
psychological E 1
sociocultural variables in education, inc. Native Indian
education
c.
the education of cultural minorities in Canada
d.
community control of schools
e.
bilingual education - educational and political concerns
REQUIREMENTS: Students will be graded on:
a.
individual curriculum project - develop/modify existing materials, or
analyze cultural content of existing materials
b.
participation in discussion groups, including serving as group leader in one
c.
general classroom participation
TEXT: (Required)
CONDON YOUSEF; INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
WERNER, et. al.; WHOSE CULTURE, WHOSE HERITAGE?
ASHWORTH; THE FORCES THAT SHAPED THEM
TROPER F PALMER; ISSUES IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Suggested additional reading (copies on reserve):
D'OYLEY, ed.; IMPACT OF MULTI-ETHNICITY ON CANADIAN EDUCATION
WOLFGANG; THE EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
ASHWORTH; IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS
WILDEN; THE IMAGINARY CANADIAN
STEWART; AMERICAN VALUE PATTERNS