| One Aug 31/Sep 2 | Two Sep 7/9 | Three Sep 14/16 | Four Sep 21/23 | Five Sep 28/30 |
| Six Oct 5/7 | Seven Oct 12/14 | Eight Oct 19/21 | Nine Oct 26/28 | Ten Nov 2/4 |
| Eleven Nov 9/11 | Twelve Nov 16/18 | Thirteen Nov 30/Dec 2 | Fourteen Dec 7/9 | Fifteen Finals |
Week One August 31 and September 2
Tuesday | Introductions
Introductions:
- Me &
- You
- School & Society, Course Introduction
- What are schools for?
- About education, what is happening in this present moment?
- An educational history of the present
- historical
- political
- socio-cultural
- economic
- philosophical
Course Website & Syllabus
Workshop: Building your ED253 Weblog
Thursday | Introductions
- Noteworthy
- Course Readings: Available online: 253edstudies
- Weekly Schedule
- Your Learning Circle
- No class next Tuesday — Rosh Hashanah
- Assignments Due: Friday 3 September
- Application for Department of Education Teacher Education Program |
- If you are planning to apply to the Teacher Education Program, the application will soon be live in Tk20. Follow this link for directions on how to apply.
- Building your ED253 Weblog & BlogPost I Class Survey
- Learning Experiences, Current Connections, and an initial meeting
- Overview Reading for next Tuesday | Hinchey, P. and P. Konkol (2018). Getting to where we meant to be : working toward the educational world we imagine/d. Chapter 2: What Are Schools For, Anyway?
- CSSA Center for Service and Social Action. Enroll as a service participant and register for a course-approved service activity through CSSA’s registration website: http://jcu.givepulse.com using your JCU credentials to log in. Our course page is found here https://givepul.se/7dueej.
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Week Two September 7 and 9
Tuesday, September 7 is Rosh Hashanah, class is cancelled 🙂
Thursday
- Reading: Hinchey, P. and P. Konkol (2018). Getting to where we meant to be : working toward the educational world we imagine/d.Chapter 2: What Are Schools For, Anyway? Gorham, Maine : Myers Education Press. pp. 20-51.
- Noteworthy |
- Learning Experience BlogPost summaries are due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Current Connection BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Course Readings: Available online: 253edstudies
- Application for Department of Education Teacher Education Program |
- If you are planning to apply to the Teacher Education Program, the application will soon be live in Tk20. Follow this link for directions on how to apply.
- Learning Experience Meeting (for next week) Learning Circle One | Janak, Edward 2019. Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). pp. 43-63.
- Discussion |What is a Learning Circle?
- intentional community
- pedagogy of MIND, not mIND
- Mentoring
- lesson planning
- conceptual understanding
- Discussion | BlogPost I Class Survey Question 4: What are you into; what makes you special? Share a few “unique” aspects about yourself that would help our classroom community get to know you a bit more. Are you on an athletic team? Sing in the choir? Are you trying out for a play? Painting? What are you planning on doing this semester in your life that is noteworthy?
- Learning Experience: Hinchey & Konkol | What are Schools for Anyways?
Week Three September 14 and 16
Tuesday
- Noteworthy
- Current Connection BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Learning Experience BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Arranging a time to meet with Learning Circles before learning experiences is crucial
- Blog Post 1, ED253 Introductions
- What are Schools for Anyways?
- LC Weekly Schedule
- Learning Experiences, Current Connections, and other significant course projects
- Current Connections | Hinchey, P. and P. Konkol (2018).
- Overview Discussion | Janak, Edward 2019. Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). pp. 43-63.
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Thursday September 16 is Yom Kippur — Class is cancelled.
Week Four September 21 and 23
Tuesday
- Reading: Janak, Edward 2019. Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). pp. 43-63.
- Noteworthy
- Arrange a time to meet with me with your Learning Circle well in advance of your learning experience
- Learning Experience BlogPost summaries | due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Current Connection BlogPosts | due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Course Introductions
- How are you? What about your JCU experience so far? Support needed? Support to offer? Resources to suggest?
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle One | Janak, Edward 2019. Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). pp. 43-63.
- Service and Service Learning | Reflections on your Service Learning Experiences
Thursday
Noteworthy
- THE interview
- Notes on Assignments
- Service Reflection
- Current Connections
- Reading for next week |
- Learning Experience BlogPost summaries | due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Current Connection BlogPosts | due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Course Introductions | How are you? What about your JCU experience so far? Support needed? Support to offer?
Current Connections
- Learning Circle Four| Janak, Edward 2019. Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). pp. 43-63.
Overview Discussion | Dewey, J. (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed.
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Week Five September 28 and 30
Tuesday
- Reading: Dewey, J. (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed. In A. R. Sadovnik, P. W. Cookson Jr., S. F. Semel, & R. W. Coughlan (Eds.), Exploring education: An introduction to the foundations of education (5th ed., pp. 215-218). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Noteworthy
- CSSA issues such as attendance
- Current Connection BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Learning Experience BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
Service Learning Update LC |
Learning Experience
- LC Two | Dewey, J. (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed.
Thursday
- Noteworthy
- Current Connection | BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Learning Experience | BlogPost summaries are due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Five | Dewey, J. (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed.
- Overview Reading for next week | Blakely, J. 2017, 17 April. How School Choice Turns Education into a Commodity. The Atlantic.
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Week Six October 5 and 7
Tuesday
- Reading: Blakely, J. 2017, 17 April. How School Choice Turns Education into a Commodity. The Atlantic.
- Noteworthy
- Current Connection | BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Learning Experience | BlogPost summaries are due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- Learning Experience
- Service Learning Update
Thursday
- Noteworthy
- Current Connection BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Learning Circle 4 Let’s arrange to meet! | Learning Experience next week: The testing charade
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Six | Blakely, J. 2017, 17 April. How School Choice Turns Education into a Commodity. The Atlantic.
Overview Reading | Koretz 2017 Test Prep: pretending to make schools better.
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Week Seven October 12 and 14
Tuesday
- Reading | Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade: pretending to make schools better. Chapter 7, Test Prep. pp. 93-118. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press.
- Noteworthy
- Learning Experience BlogPost summaries | due at midnight on the Friday following classroom learning experiences.
- meetings individual or by learning circle
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Four | Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade: pretending to make schools better. Chapter 7, Test Prep.
- Service Learning |
Thursday
- Reading | Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade: pretending to make schools better. Chapter 7, Test Prep. pp. 93-118. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press.
- Noteworthy
- Current Connection BlogPosts | due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle One | Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade: pretending to make schools better. Chapter 7, Test Prep.
- Overview Reading | Stancil, W. 2018. The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot. The Atlantic. 29 May 2018.
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Week Eight October 19 and 21
Tuesday
- Reading | Stancil, W. 2018. The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot. The Atlantic. 29 May 2018.
- Noteworthy |
- The difficulties of talking about race | class resentment, socialized racism, fear of saying the wrong thing, silence as privilege, and responsibility not guilt.
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Five Stancil, W. 2018. The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot. The Atlantic. 29 May 2018.
Thursday
- Noteworthy
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Two | Stancil, W. 2018. The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot. The Atlantic. 29 May 2018.
- Overview Reading | Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
- History of the Present Timeline Project |
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Week Nine October 26 and 28
Tuesday
- Reading | Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
- Noteworthy |
- Service Learning Update
- History of the Present Timeline Project | Ideas? Questions?
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Six | Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
Thursday
- Noteworthy
- Commend your poise and courage and efforts to build community and to explore the meaning of justice in education.
- Zoom link for class next week
- Current Connections LC Three | Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
- Overview Reading | Paulo Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education
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Week Ten November 2 and 4
Tuesday
- Noteworthy | Zoom link for class today
- Reading | Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education. (3rd ed., pp. 103-115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Service Learning Update | LCs and a writing workshop
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle One | Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education. (3rd ed., pp. 103-115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Digital Whiteboard for LC1 Learning Experience
Thursday
- Noteworthy | Zoom link for class today
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Four | Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education. (3rd ed., pp. 103-115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Overview Reading | Meyer (2007) What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory.
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Week Eleven November 9 and 11
Tuesday
- Reading: Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay”: What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory. In N. Rodriquez & W. Pinar (Eds.), Queering Straight Teachers: Discourse and Identity in Education. (pp. 15-32). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
- Noteworthy |
- LGBT 101 for Allies | Wednesday, November 10, 2021 3:00-4:00 pm – Virtual via Zoom. Open to all JCU students, faculty and staff. Learn more and register here.
- ‘We want change’: Mentor High School students host walkout to protest bullying, racism and more. Author: Monica Robins, Anna Meyer. Published: 10:41 AM EST November 8, 2021.
- Service Learning Essay is Due in Class
- Learning Experience
Thursday
- Noteworthy | SJP JCU 6pm Dolan Free Pizza
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Five | Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay”: What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory.
- Overview Reading | Spring, Joel 2013. Chapter 2: Native Americans: Deculturalization. Schooling, and Globalization. New York: McGraw Hill.pp. 21-40.
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Week Twelve November 16 and 18
Tuesday
- Reading | Spring, Joel 2013. Chapter 2: Native Americans: Deculturalization. Schooling, and Globalization. New York: McGraw Hill.pp. 21-40.
- Noteworthy |Assessment
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Three |Spring, Joel 2013. Chapter 2: Native Americans: Deculturalization. Schooling, and Globalization. New York: McGraw Hill.pp. 21-40.
- History of the Present Timeline Discussion
- HOP visualized
- The Frazzini Family Tree
- Path to the JCU library digital card catalogue: Consider Finding books on your topic either available at the Grasselli Library or through OhioLink.
- Path to the JCU library research databases: Library main page –> Library research page –> Articles, Data and Databases –> Research databases
Thursday
- Reading | Spring, Joel 2013. Chapter 2: Native Americans: Deculturalization. Schooling, and Globalization. New York: McGraw Hill.pp. 21-40.
- Noteworthy |
- Current Connection BlogPosts are due at midnight on the Tuesday following classroom discussions.
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Six | Spring, Joel 2013. Chapter 2: Native Americans: Deculturalization. Schooling, and Globalization. New York: McGraw Hill.pp. 21-40.
- Overview | Mallett, C. (2016). The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Critical Review of the Punitive Paradigm Shift. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(1), 15–24.
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November 23 and 25 Thanksgiving No Classes Scheduled
Week Thirteen November 30 and December 2
Tuesday
- Noteworthy |
- Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Assessment
- Reading | Mallett, C. (2016). The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Critical Review of the Punitive Paradigm Shift. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(1), 15–24.
- History of the Present Timeline Discussion
- Learning Experience
Thursday
- Noteworthy |
- Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Oxford, MI
- How to play dreidel
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle One | Mallett, C. (2016). The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Critical Review of the Punitive Paradigm Shift. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(1), 15–24.
- Overview Reading | Greene, K. & Jean Anyon (2010) Urban School Reform, Family Support, and Student Achievement, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 26:3, 223-236.
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Week Fourteen December 7 and 9
Tuesday
- Noteworthy Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Titling your blog posts
- Meeting during the last week — topics and discussions
- Calculating your grades | Letters
- Reading | Greene, K. & Jean Anyon (2010) Urban School Reform, Family Support, and Student Achievement, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 26:3, 223-236.
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Five | Greene, K. & Jean Anyon (2010) Urban School Reform, Family Support, and Student Achievement, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 26:3, 223-236.
- History of the Present Timeline Discussion
Thursday
- Noteworthy | Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Two | Greene, K. & Jean Anyon (2010) Urban School Reform, Family Support, and Student Achievement, Reading & Writing Quarterly, 26:3, 223-236.
- Overview Reading | Greene, M. (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life.
- History of the Present Timeline Discussion
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Week Fifteen Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Noteworthy | Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
- Reading | Greene, M. (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life. In A. R. Sadovnik, P. W. Cookson Jr., S. F. Semel, & R. W. Coughlan (Eds.), Exploring education: An introduction to the foundations of education (5th ed., pp. 218-224). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Learning Experience
- Learning Circle Six | Greene, M. (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life.
- Current Connections
- Learning Circle Three | Greene, M. (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life.
- History of the Present Timeline Discussion
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Final Exam Schedule TBA
Final Exam Thursday 16 December 4:00pm-5:50pm
Assignment Due |History of the Present Timeline
Due at time of scheduled exam
Welcome to ED253 School & Society -- Dr. David Shutkin 
