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Course Schedule  (Will be refined and revised in accordance with class needs)

Unit 1 Introductions and Overview of Purposes in Education

January 14^th, 16th           

• Introductions/overview/seminar choices

• Approaches to the analysis of education, aims and purposes of education

Readings

Connell   Social Justice and Education (p.1 reader)

Osborne Why do we have Public Schools (p. 100 reader)

Strongly recommended supplementary readings

Bigelow, William Inside the Classroom: Social Vision and Critical Pedagogy (handout)

Hurn, Christopher J. Theories of Schooling: The functional and Conflict Paradigms (handout)

Mon January 21^st 

• Mini-lecture: Aims and purposes and analysis of education continued
• (discussion and activities)

Wed January 23^rd

• Continue purposes of education
• (Video)   Shaking the Tree: Social Responsibility in Education, 1995

Unit 2 Education and Cultural Diversity

Mon January 28

·        Complete Purposes of Education

·        (reading groups)  and discussion

Wed January 30

·        Activities (definitions) what is multiculturalism, multiculturalism in Canada and issues in multiculturalism

·        Multicultural and antiracist education continued (Minilecture)

·        Practices in multicultural education and anti-racism:

·        Videos:  Fear of Others, Cariboo Hill

Readings

Denman-Sparks, Louise How well are we Nurturing Racial and Ethnic Diversity? (Reader p.28)

Nieto, Sonia. Multicultural education in practice (reader p. 105)

Gordon-Popatia This study and Ideas for Multicultural Education (handout)

Mon February 4 

·        Complete Multicultural educaton—practical application

·        Videos, reading groups

·        Role plays and case studies

Unit 3 Gender

Wed February 6^th Video: Raising young voices

·        Video discussion, identify issues, reading discussion groups, Connell and Smith)

·        Gender case studies:

Readings

Connell Robert W. Teaching the Boys: New Research on Masculinity and Gender Strategies for Schools   (Reader p.5)

Smith et al, Girls and Schooling: Their own critique (Reader p. 146)

Unit 4 Poverty and Social inequality

Mon February 11 *   1^st Journal due

·        Continue gender case studies

·        Introduction to poverty and social inequality

·        (reading groups: Levin and Connell) Case study

Readings

Levin, Benjamin, Educational Responses to Poverty  (Reader p. 67)

Connell, R.W Curricular Justice (Reader p.21)

Unit 5 Homophobia

Wed February 13  

·        Video: Its elementary

·        Video discussion, reading groups, case study

Mon February 18  

·        Guest speaker on Homophobia

Readings

Sears, J, T. Challenges for Educators: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Families  (p.119)

Gordon, Lenore What do we say when we hear the word faggot (Reader p.32)

Unit 6 First Nations Education

Wed February 20  * Critical analysis Paper due

·        Define issues (reading groups, case study)

·        Video: (Mind of a child/ First Nations: Residential schools)

Mon February 25  

·        In class digital/website assignment

Readings

Williams, Lorna.  Urban Aboriginal Education: The Vancouver Experience  (Reader p.172)

Haig-Brown, Celia.  School Life (Reader p.34)

Wed February 27  

·        First Nations speaker

Mon March 4     Final Paper Due  

·        Overview/connections

·        Digital media and social issues exchanges

Wed March 6

·        Overview:Critical thinking and moral education

• Conclusion/sharing projects