Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) 
    
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EDUC 310 - School & Society: American Schooling from its Origins to the Global Era

4 credits


This course provides students with an overview of the historical, social, philosophical, and political foundations of education in the United States. It investigates key issues such as literacy, diversity, equity, the education of teachers, professionalism, and school reform from historical and contemporary social-cultural perspectives. Major educational philosophies are studied as they develop and change in various historical eras. The course also examines how globalization and large-scale immigration have affected and continue to affect schooling and youth.

 



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