ESS 30617 - Education and Social Change

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Education

Description:

We live in an age when there is great optimism about the power of education to influence the wellbeing of individuals, communities, and nations. Parents see education as a way for their children to improve their lives by building an understanding of their own place in the world. It is also the principal means by which young people can establish a competitive advantage in the labor market. While it might appear that little has changed in education - students still walk through school gates and university lecturers still speak to rooms of undergraduates - economic, political, and social shifts over the past thirty years have fundamentally altered the nature and prospects for education. This course seeks to assess critically these fundamental shifts in our society. Students will develop a broad understanding of the global context of both the causes and effects of these changes. Also, students will develop the capacity to assess the extent to which, as Basil Bernstein famously asked, education can compensate for society.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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