CTI 284 - School and Society in the United States

Institution:

William Jewell College

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Description:

This course examines the development of American schooling within the context of social history. The course focuses on four themes: the differing (often conflicting) concepts about schooling held by leading educational thinkers, the public and public policy makers; the changing relationships among schools and other education entities such as church and family; the societal and policy issues that have shaped the American educational system; and public schooling as a promised or real agent of social change. Students in this course are expected to analyze these forces from all perspectives and to critically discern how and why the current school system evolved. Students will also be expected to identify the origins of current educational issues, be able to analyze and critically discuss those issues and formulate a personal position and/or plan of action based on that understanding. Specific lenses for analysis will include race, class, ethnicity, gender, religion and the intersection of these factors in the construction of power and justice in/through schooling in the United States. (Interdisciplinary social science course)

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jewell.edu

Phone Number:

(816) 415-5979

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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