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EDF 3604—Course schedule
The following is a tentative schedule for the term week by week. All written assignments are due at the beginning of the Tuesday class for that week, unless otherwise stated. In all weeks there are on-line quizzes.
- Week 1
- Topics: psychological vs. social foundations perspectives on schooling and education
- Week 2
- Topics: Historical myths; origins of school systems
Reading: Coontz 1989
Due: "Designing a course" paper. (See assignments page for more details about the short reaction papers.) - Week 3
- Reading: Becker 1993; Bowles 1972
Topics: Human capital and social reproduction theories; common-school reform
Due: "Ordinary evidence" reaction paper based one either Becker or Bowles (not both). - Week 4
- Topics: Student failure: marginalization/deficit theories; gut-wrenching inequality
Reading: Fine 1986 and either Delpit, Kozol or Michie (through Introduction and "Skills and Other Dilemmas of a Progressive Black Educator" in Delpit and Chap. 1 in Kozol or Michie) - Week 5
- Topics: History of (in)equality of educational opportunity
Reading: Delpit (through Papua New Guinea chapter), Kozol (Chaps. 2-3), or Michie (Chaps. 2-5)
Due: " Identifying key issues " reaction paper.
Group activity basis: Kett 1977 or Graebner 1989 (See assignments page for more details.) - Week 6
- Topics: History of (in)equality of educational opportunity
Reading: Brown v. Board of Education I, II; Delpit (through end of part 2), Kozol (Chaps. 4-5), or Mitchie (Chaps. 6-8)
Teaching basis: Rist 1970 or Labov 1972 - Week 7
- Topics: Explanations of and solutions for inequality?
Reading: Finish Delpit, Kozol, or Mitchie
Teaching basis: Bell 1985 - Week 8
- Topics: Long-term legacies of equal opportunity politics
Reading: Rivkin 1994
Teaching basis: MacLeod 1995 or Ray and Mickelson 1993
Due: Revision of one short paper (See assignments page for more details.) - Week 9
- Topics: Now wait a minute . . . I (race)
Reading: Ogbu 1995
Teaching basis: White House 1997
Due: Perspectives paper draft. (See assignments page for more details.) - Week 10
- Topics: Professionalization
Reading: Strober and Tyack 1980
Teaching basis: Apple 1988 - Week 11
- Topics: Now wait a minute . . . II (gender)
Reading: Mickelson 1989
Teaching basis: Florida Department of Education reports on the composition of the teaching force available at http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00050/eiaspubs/fins.htm (look for the "Gender Representation Among Professionals In Florida's Public Schools" [FIN 98-24F] and the "Minority Representation Among Florida's Teachers, 1997-98" [FIN 2003-04F] reports) - Week 12
- Topics: Theories of reform
Reading: Meier (Chaps. 1-5) or Sizer (Chaps. 1-6)
Teaching basis: Hobbs 1966, Mercer 1973, or Johnson 1968 - Week 13
- Topics: Recent reforms
Reading: Finish Meier or Sizer
Teaching basis: Dreeben 1968, Grubb and Lazerson 1988, or Winterer 1992. - Week 14
- Topics: Staying power
Reading: Cuban 1992
Due: Perspectives paper. (See assignments page for more details.)