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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2017 |
Registration ID | EDUCH200B001 |
Course Title | Critical Issues in Education |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Child and Family Studies |
Instructor | Curl,Heather D. |
Times and Days | MW 02:15pm-03:45pm
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Room Location | HLL107 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2135 Designed to be the first course for students interested in pursuing one of the options offered through the Education Program, this course is also open to students who are not yet certain about their career aspirations but are interested in educational issues. The course examines major issues in education in the United States within the conceptual framework of educational reform. The first phase of the course invites students to recognize and question prevailing assumptions, their own and those of the broader society, about authority, the political nature of knowledge, and the purposes of schooling that shape education in America. The second phase analyzes components of the teaching and learning process. The third phase seeks to engage students in imagining and enacting, through the completion of collaborative teaching projects, possibilities for reform and reinvention. Two hours a week of fieldwork are required.; Priority to those in the Teacher Certification Program or minoring/concentrating in Educ.; Enrollment Limit: 22 Div: I; Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Social Science (SO) |
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