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3.00 Credits
Why does Philadelphia have a dropout rate of roughly 50%? Why have students brought weapons to school and plotted to kill their classmates? Why, despite decades of progress in race relations, do schools remain largely segregated institutions? These questions are derived from three pressing social problems in American society that play out in our schools: high school dropouts, school violence, and segregation. Using these questions and the larger issues to which they are related, students in this course will explore the multiple and often competing explanations for these and other social problems in American society. They will also learn about the search for creative solutions at the individual level as well as within our social structure. Guest speakers, observations within the Philadelphia school system, and analysis of films depicting these issues will enrich the course experience. Note: This course fulfills the Human Behavior (GB) requirement for students under GenEd and the Individual & Society (IN) requirement for students under Core.
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3.00 Credits
Some young people dye their hair red and go to punk concerts, listen to hip hop, spend all their time in Second Life, dress up like cartoon characters and go to anime fairs, or skateboard every day. They’re part of the phenomenon called youth culture. Often related to gender, race, class and socio-economic circumstances, youth cultures enable young people to find new communities and try on different identities as they work their way to a clearer sense of self. Students in this class will investigate several youth cultures, looking closely at why people join and what it means to belong. They will also conduct independent, original research on a youth culture of their choice and draw their own conclusions about how youth cultures interact with mainstream society. (This is an Honors course.) Note: This course fulfills the Human Behavior (GB) requirement for students under GenEd and the Individual & Society (IN) requirement for students under Core. Students cannot receive credit for this course if they have successfully completed ANTHRO 0817, Asian Studies 0817, Education 0817 or SOC 0817.
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3.00 Credits
Exuberance, risk-taking, experimentation, breaking away, testing limits. Anxiety, peer pressure, competition, parental pressure, work and school, drugs and alcohol. These are some of the challenges that make adolescence one of the most intriguing and disturbing stages of life. But adolescence is only one stage on a continuum of human development that begins in infancy and extends into old age. At each stage, we have hurdles to climb over, tasks to complete, experiences to absorb, lessons to learn.
This honors class on human development takes a close look at one of the most confusing, exciting, and critical phases of development, the pre-teen and teen years. Working individually and collaboratively, students will learn theoretical frameworks for interpreting their own experience and that of their peers. They will view media representations of adolescence and draw conclusions about how the media influence adolescents. Students will conduct original research on teen phenomenon and draw their own conclusions about whether identity is innate or a product of our environments. (This is an Honors course.) Note: This course fulfills the Human Behavior (GB) requirement for students under GenEd and the Individual & Society (IN) requirement for students under Core. Students cannot receive credit for this course if they have successfully completed Education 0819.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this writing intensive educational foundations course is to examine selected historical, philosophical and social issues that impact education in the United States. This course will examine the trends in educational studies as well as the political forces at work in the schools. The social and academic goals of education, the current conditions of the American educational systems, and the teaching profession will be addressed. This course presents an interdisciplinary analysis of education and schooling in the United States, examining how education policy has been shaped in the U.S., what important roles certain individuals, institutions and social groups have played in this process, how education policies have had differential impact on various groups. Enables students to study and critically evaluate schools as a significant social institution within the framework of American values and institutions. Note: This course can be used to satisfy a university Core American Culture (AC) and Writing Intensive (WI) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
In Inclusive Education for a Diverse Society, students explore the role of culture in education in the United States. They learn about different definitions of culture and how culture is influenced by social, economic and political factors. Culture is viewed as dynamic and evolving and a major influence on the curriculum, policies and practices of schools. In addition, students learn about the close relationship between culture and learning and how teachers and education professionals are seeking to create positive learning environments for all students. Real situations are debated and discussed, and students are encouraged to contribute their own experiences and individual interpretations of events and strategies to the discussion.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the factors that have an impact on physical, cognitive and psychosocial development. Students study developmental theories and concepts and how they relate to patterns of change over the lifespan. Both typical and atypical development will be considered. Course work emphasizes the impact on educational practice.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Students will have an opportunity to pursue special topics in their content area or to develop an in-depth project designed to meet personal and program objectives.
Prerequisite:
Written approval of student’s advisor, faculty sponsor and Office Manager ELPS
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3.00 Credits
This course will help students place their work with students in a broader social, political and economic context. It will introduce students to the history of education in the United States and to many of the issues that shape our schools and the ways children, parents, and teachers experience them. The course will focus particularly on the role of schooling in a democracy and the many demands Americans have placed – historically and currently – on the schools. It will also help students understand how issues of class, race, and gender are manifest in classrooms. Finally, it will provide students with an overview of the challenges facing urban schools and contemporary issues in school reform. Teachers will leave this course with a more robust understanding of the state of American education today, and how they as individuals and members of a profession can most effectively and ethically make a difference.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to present information that would help prospective and practicing educators understand the minds and behaviors of middle and high school students. Emerging abilities in adolescents present both wonderful opportunities and challenges for teachers and parents. To understand how to connect with, manage and instruct adolescents, educators need to understand how adolescents think, what motivates them, and what they are capable of understanding. This course should prepare educators to correctly anticipate the likely consequences of their actions directed toward adolescents. NOTE: Background clearances needed.
Prerequisite:
Special authorization required for all students
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on issues of what it means to learn and know science and mathematics. What are the standards for knowing we will use? How are knowing and learning structured and how does what we know change and develop? For the science and mathematics educator, what are the tensions between general, cross-disciplinary characterizations of knowing (e.g. intelligence) and the specifics of coming to understand powerful ideas in mathematics and science? What are the links between knowing and developing in learning theory, and the content and evolution of scientific ideas? Also, current issues and tensions in education will be discussed, especially as it relates to mathematics and science instruction.
Prerequisite:
Special authorization required for all students. This course is restricted to students enrolled in TUteach
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