Senior Seminar in Education Studies
EDST 301
Fall 2024
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The senior seminar will provide a space for seniors in the education studies major, as a learning community, to reflect on and deepen their knowledge and understanding in core areas of education studies. Students will be expected to bring in relevant material from their other courses; to learn and discuss new material; and to work collaboratively to develop a grounding in the study of education individually and as a group. The course content will cover the areas defined in the education studies major, including human development and learning; pedagogy; social, cultural, historical, and philosophical disciplines in education; transformative justice in education; methodologies in the study of education, including ethnography and quantitative approaches. Discussions will explore the connection and tension between academic coursework and practical experiences in educational settings, and introduce students to additional approaches and subfields.
Course components will include: (1) bridging across different students' distinct experiences in their classes relevant to each content area; (2) collaborative reading and discussion of new work beyond the scope of the existing EDST courses; (3) creating a space to discuss and read further about talks by visiting speakers, colloquia, or other events in the College of Education Studies; (4) guest teaching by EDST and outside faculty; and (5) an independent senior project (for thesis writers, this can serve as a scaffold to make progress on the thesis). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
None |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Credit/Unsatisfactory |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Sample Readings
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (2003). The craft of research (Fourth Edition). University of Chicago Press.
Stockstill, C. (2023). False starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers. NYU Press
Pollock, M. (2009). Colormute: Race talk dilemmas in an American school. Princeton University Press.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Education Studies Reflective Essay: This short essay will provide students an opportunity to reflect on their time as an education studies major.
Discussion Facilitation: In pairs, students will plan and facilitate a discussion during a portion of our weekly class sessions. The discussion facilitations will help extend conversations about the readings for students¿ chosen week.
Independent Senior Project: Students will conduct a semester-long project designed to deepen their understanding of a topic or issue connected to education. Students will have wide latitude to define the focus of their project. Students who are completing an honors thesis in Education Studies or another academic unit may use this project to make progress on their thesis. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course satisfies the Senior Seminar requirement for the EDST major. This course is only available to senior EDST majors. |
| Instructor(s): Butler,Alisha Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: SCIE189; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 27 | | SR major: 27 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Goldberg,Gravity Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: 164MTV108; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 15 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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