Courses
Fall 2006 Courses
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- 101. Contemporary American Education
- Doris Santoro Gomez M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
- Examines current educational issues in the United States and the role schools play in society. Topics include the purpose of schooling, school funding and governance, issues of race, class, and gender, school choice, and the reform movements of the 1990s. The role of schools and colleges in society’s pursuit of equality and excellence forms the backdrop of this study.
- 203. Educating All Children
- Suzanne Aldridge T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25
- An examination of the economic, social, political, and pedagogical implications of universal education in American classrooms. The course focuses on the right of every child, including physically handicapped, learning disabled, and gifted, to equal educational opportunity. Requires a minimum of 24 hours of observation in a local elementary school.
- 245. Education and Social Justice
- Doris Santoro Gomez M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55
- What is the connection between education and social justice? This course explores the roles of schools and alternative educational environments in working towards equity among social groups. Particular attention will be paid to urban public schools, teaching as a form of activism, as well as historical and philosophical perspectives on the transformative power of education. Students will be asked to develop a vision for social justice and a provisional plan for its realization in an educational setting.
- 251. Teaching Writing: Theory and Practice
- Kathleen O'Connor T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55
- Explores theories and methods of teaching writing, emphasizing collaborative learning and peer tutoring. Examines relationships between the writing process and the written product, writing and learning, and language and communities. Investigates disciplinary writing conventions, influences of gender and culture on language and learning, and concerns of ESL and learning disabled writers. Students practice and reflect on revising, responding to others’ writing, and conducting conferences. Prepares students to serve as writing assistants for the Writing Project. Selection in previous spring semester by application to the Writing Project
- 301. Teaching
- Suzanne Aldridge M 6:30 - 9:25
- A study of what takes place in classrooms: the methods and purposes of teachers, the response of students, and the organizational context. Readings and discussions help inform students’ direct observations and written accounts of local classrooms. Peer teaching is an integral part of the course experience. Requires three hours a week in schools.
- 303. Curriculum and Instruction
- Dino Anderson T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55
- A study of the knowledge taught in schools; its selection and the rationale by which one course of study rather than another is included; its adaptation for different disciplines and for different categories of students; its cognitive and social purposes; the organization and integration of its various components.