Imperial Education: Colonial Template
EDST 237
Spring 2025
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| Crosslisting:
GSAS 237, ENGL 247, AFAM 238 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Caribbean Studies Minor |
Where, how, and for what reasons did our modern structures of education originate? Beginning with the sketching out of an educational model in the British Raj, we will examine the dissemination of that model globally, in the British and French colonies of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and among immigrants and the proletariat. How and where does that model change, and to what effect? History will provide the context for our major subject matter: literature focussing on the educational experience. Among our historical and theoretical readings will be Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education, Viswanathan's The Beginnings of English literary study in British India, Wa Thiong'o's Decolonizing the Mind, Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and José Marti's On Education. We will also analyze literary texts and films, including Narayan's The English Teacher, Beti's Mission to Kala, Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, the film Sugar Cane Alley, and others. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS EDST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CBST-MN)(EDST-MN)(EDST)(GSAS-MN)(GSAS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Breadth Category 2: Social and Structural Analyses of Education requirement for the EDST major and minor and both the Historical Inquiry and the Contemporary Society and Practice requirements of the GSAS Major and Minor. It contributes to the fulfillment of the following ENGL major requirements: WL, elective
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| Instructor(s): Karamcheti,Indira Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 7 | FR: 4 |
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