EDFN 440, Schooling in a Diverse Urban Society
Online Syllabus
Prof. Zavala; Spring 2009
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| Week 1 | Course Introduction | |||||||||||||
| Course Syllabus | ||||||||||||||
| Weekly Writing Assignment Guidelines; Student Sample | ||||||||||||||
| MacLaren's "Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts" | ||||||||||||||
| Freire & Macedo. The Importance of the Act of Reading. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 2 | U.S. Urban Schools: Racial and Economic Histories | |||||||||||||
| Spring."Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans." | ||||||||||||||
| Anyon. "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work." | ||||||||||||||
| Bowles & Gintis. "Education and Personal Development: The Long Shadow of Work." | ||||||||||||||
| Week 3 | State Control of Public Education: Convergence of Interests | |||||||||||||
| Apple. Educating the 'Right' Way. CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 2. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 4 | Economic Control of Public Education: Marketization & Privatization | |||||||||||||
| Apple. Educating the 'Right' Way. CHAPTER 3 and CHAPTER 4. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 5 | Rethinking Parent "Inolvement" in Education | |||||||||||||
| de Carvalho. Family-School Interactions: Lessons From Personal Experience | ||||||||||||||
| Knight. The Power of Black and Latina/o Counterstories. | ||||||||||||||
| Lopez. The Value of Hard Work: Lessons on Parent Involvement from an (Im)migrant Household. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 6 | Federal Policies, Metropolitan Inequalities, and Urban Schools | |||||||||||||
| Anyon. Radical Possibilities. CHAPTERS 1 - 7. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 7 | Critical Pedagogy and Democratic Education | |||||||||||||
| Course Project Proposals Due | ||||||||||||||
| Freire. Pedagogy of Freedom. CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 8 | Critical Multiculturalism and Democratic Education | |||||||||||||
| hooks. Teaching to Transgress. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, 4. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 9 | Pedagogy, Hope, and Social Transformation | |||||||||||||
| hooks. Teaching to Transgress. INTRO., CHAPTERS 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. | ||||||||||||||
| Week 10 | Course Review, Projects | |||||||||||||
| Research Project Presentations | ||||||||||||||
| Week 11 | Finals Week | |||||||||||||
| Research Project Reports Due: Wednesday (June 10) | ||||||||||||||
| Critical Research/Inquiry, Resources | ||||||||||||||
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