Writing 138 - Critical Issues in Education:Politics and Practices

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Haverford College

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SO (Cross-listed in Education) A.Lesnick The primary goal of this course is to contribute to the growth of each student as an academic writer. By "academic," the course includes personal knowledge, experience, and reflection as connected to close reading, analysis, and argumentation. To this end, students in the course undertake a range of writing projects, with attention throughout to the role of informal writing and revision in extending learning. This seminar explores major educational issues in the United States in relation to the ongoing need for educational reform. Students analyze historical and philosophical conceptions of education, theories of learning and development, linkages between social identities and schooling, and relationships among knowledge, language, and power. Prerequisite: Open only to members of the first-year class as assigned by the Director of College Writing (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.haverford.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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