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    EDUCATION 442-•
    CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN WORLD EDUCATION
    SUMMER SESSION 1978
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    Instructor:: Tichae1 G. Bruce
    8:30 - 12:20
    Course Description::
    Attention
    will
    be focused on the similarities and dissimilarities which
    other educational systems offer when contrasted with our own. China, Cuba,
    the Soviet Union, the USA and the countries of the European Community
    will be among those studied. The values underlying these systems, the
    theory which guides them and the values which they seek to transmit to
    their students will be examined. The purpose of the course will he
    to understand better these educational systems in their own right and,
    by contrast, to understand our own more
    clearly.
    Required Texts:
    Urie Bronfenbrenner,
    Two Worlds of Childhood (paperback)
    John Vaizey, Education in the Modern World (paperback)
    a detailed list of books and articles will be
    provided during
    the course. M*rials will be placed on reserve in
    the
    Library.
    Requirements.:-
    two or three short class presentations on specific topics
    - one major research paper on a topic of the student's chocsing,
    arising out of the substance of the course. (Where possible,
    this will relate to ti:e student's specialism.)

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