Sociology of Education
SOC 273
Fall 2014
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01
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| Certificates: Civic Engagement, The Study of Education |
| Course Cluster: Service-Learning |
This course will address the role of power, culture, race/ethnicity, gender, and class on the development of schools as a social institution and within school dynamics and pedagogy. We will cover the following topics: philosophical debates about pedagogy with readings from Dewey, Piaget, Skinner, Bruner, and Friere; the origins of schools as an institution; the organization of schools with readings about tracking, charter schools, private schools, and school vouchers; the influence of power and political movements on both the explicit and hidden curriculum; educational reforms such as progressive education, the back-to-basics movement, the whole-language movement, the standards movement, and high-stakes testing; and the influence of language, labeling, cultural capital, and social capital on student learning. We also will examine international differences in schools and schooling. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selections from:
1. The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings
2. No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
3. Democracy and Education by John Dewey
4. Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
5. Ideology and Curriculum by Michael W. Apple
6. Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
7. The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem by Deborah Meier
8. The Critical Sociology of Education Reader
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers, reading journal, school observations and tutoring in local schools |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This class will have a service-learning component where students will observe and tutor in two different schools: either a high- and low-income school or a traditional and a charter school. |
| Instructor(s): Long,Daniel A. Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: PAC422; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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