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Week One 14 January – 18 January: Introductions
Tuesday | Introductions
Introductions:
- You & me
- Course Introduction
Workshop: Blog Post Introduction & WordPress I & Activity Page
Thursday | Introductions
Noteworthy:
- Special Lecture: An Evening with Samaria Rice-Mother of Tamir
- Course Readings: Available online: 253edstudies
- Application for Department of Education Teacher Education Program
- Building your ED253 Weblog
- BlogPost I Class Survey
- Overview concerning Greene, M. (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness readings and themes
- [I invite students to read this excerpt out loud; for one student to begin and for the next student to start after a few words or a sentence, maybe two. I invite the current reader to yield to the next reader and for the process to continue until the end of the excerpt.]
- Center for Service and Social Action at 10:30
Assignment Due: Friday 18 January BlogPost Introduction | LCI, LCII, LCIII, LCIV
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Week Two 21 January – 25 January: Consciousness raising | Agenda
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.
[Follow this link to the eReadings.] PW 253edstudies
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Introductions Continued.
- Learning Experiences concerning Greene, M. (2018/1978).
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI: Seminar concerning Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 3 learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Three 28 January – 1 February: History of Education |Agenda
Reading
Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 3: The Common School Movement, 1820-1860. The School in the United States. New York: Routledge. pp. 40-73.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI Learning Experiences concerning this week’s readings and themes
- Assignment Due: and BlogPost Discussion concerning Greene, M. (2018/1978) | LCII, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCII: Seminar concerning Spring, J. (2018). Chapter 7 learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Four 4 February – 8 February: Deculturalization |Agenda
Reading
Spring, J. (2018). Chapter 7: Multiculturalism and the Failure of the Common School Ideal, p. 184-225. The American School: a global context from the Puritans to the Trump era. 10th ed. New York: Routledge.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 3
- LCII Learning Experiences concerning this week’s readings and themes
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 3 | LCI, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIII: Seminar concerning Cheuk, T. & Quinn, R. (2018) & Bigelow, B. (2008) learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Five 11 February – 15 February: Church & State and the Hidden Curriculum | Agenda
Readings
- Cheuk, T., & Quinn, R. (2018). Dismantling the Wall between Church and State: The Case of Public Education. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(3), 24–28. (4)
- Bigelow, B. (2008) Introduction: A People’s History, A People’s Pedagogy, pp. 1-20. A People’s History for the Classroom. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools. (20)
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Attendance policy and Communities of learning
- Please know that I have no expectation whatsoever that you will, or need to, agree with a given reading or with me, for that matter.
- BlogPost Discussion concerning Spring, J. (2018). Chapter 7
- LCIII Learning Experiences concerning Cheuk, T. & Quinn, R. (2018) & Bigelow, B. (2008)
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Spring, J. (2018). Chapter 7 | LCI, LCII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIV: Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Six 18 February – 22 February: Testing and Accountability
|Agenda
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.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIV Learning Experiences concerning Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Cheuk, T. & Quinn, R. (2018) & Bigelow, B. (2008)| LCI, LCII, LCIII
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI: Seminar concerning Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Seven 25 February – 1 March: Schooling as Liberation | Agenda
Reading
Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education. In A. S. Canestrari & B. A. Marlowe (Eds.), Education foundations: An anthology of critical readings (3rd ed., pp. 103-115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI Learning Experiences concerning Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept.
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Koretz, D. (2017). The testing charade| LCII, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCII: Seminar concerning Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay” learning experiences & lesson planning
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Meyer (2007) What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory.
Spring Break | Monday 4 March — Friday 8 March
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Week Eight 11 March – 15 March: Gender Identity | Agenda
Reading
Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay”: What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory. In N. Rodriguez & W. Pinar (Eds.), Queering Straight Teachers: Discourse and Identity in Education. (pp. 15-32). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCII Learning Experiences concerning Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay.”
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept| LCI, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIII: Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 8: The Progressive Era learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Nine 18 March – 22 March: History of Education | Agenda
Reading
Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 8: The Progressive Era, 1890-1950. The School in the United States. New York: Routledge. pp. 204-241.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning Meyer, E. (2007).
- LCIII Learning Experiences concerning Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 8: The Progressive Era
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Meyer, E. (2007). “But I’m Not Gay.”| LCI, LCII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIV: Seminar concerning Ravitch, D. (2010) The Death and Life learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
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Week Ten 25 March – 29 March: School Choice | Agenda
Reading
Ravitch, D. (2010) The Death and Life of the Great American School System.Chapter 7 Choice: the story of an idea. pp. 113-148. New York: Basic Books.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIV Learning Experiences concerning Ravitch, D. (2010) The Death and Life
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Fraser, J. (2014). Chapter 8: The Progressive Era | LCI, LCII, LCIII
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI: Seminar concerning Rosiek, J. and Kathy Kinslow, K. (2016). Resegregation learning experiences & lesson planning
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
- Assignment Due: Present Literature Review
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Week Eleven 1 April – 5 April: The New Segregation | Agenda
Reading
Rosiek, J. and Kathy Kinslow, K. (2016). Resegregation as curriculum: the meaning of the new segregation in U.S. public schools. Chapter 1 Resegregation in Riverton and the Nation. pp. 1-18. New York: Routledge.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI Learning Experiences concerning Rosiek, J. and Kathy Kinslow, K. (2016). Resegregation.
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Ravitch, D. (2010) The Death and Life | LCII, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCII: Seminar concerning Sulkowski, M. L. (2017). Unauthorized immigrant students learning experiences & lesson planning.
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
Week Twelve 8 April – 12 April: Immigration & Education | Agenda
Reading
Sulkowski, M. L. (2017). Unauthorized immigrant students in the United States: The current state of affairs and the role of public education. Children & Youth Services Review, 77, 62–68.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCII Learning Experiences concerning Sulkowski, M. L. (2017). Unauthorized immigrant students.
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Rosiek, J. and Kathy Kinslow, K. (2016). Resegregation| LCI, LCIII, LCIV
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIII: Seminar concerning Mallett, C. (2016). School-to-Prison Pipeline learning experiences & lesson planning.
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
- Assignment Due: Present Proposal
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Week Thirteen 15 April – 16 April: School to Prison Pipeline |
| Agenda
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.
Tuesday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCIII Learning Experiences concerning Mallett, C. (2016). The School-to-Prison Pipeline.
- Assignment Due and BlogPost Discussion concerning Sulkowski, M. L. (2017). Unauthorized immigrant students | LCI, LCII, LCIV
17 April – 22 April Easter Break — ED253 does NOT meet.
Week Fourteen 23 April – 26 April: School to Prison Pipeline | Agenda
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.
Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). But that’s just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy. In E. Blair & Y. Medina (Eds.), The social foundations reader: Critical essays on teaching, learning and leading in the 21st century (pp. 285-292). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Tuesday, 23 April Monday class meets — ED253 does not meet.
Thursday
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Sean
- End-of-Semester Appointments Available in the Writing Center! Beginning Tuesday, April 23rd and lasting through Wednesday, May 8th, the Writing Center will only offer 30-minute appointments to try and accommodate increased demand. Read more…
- Assignment Due 25 April and BlogPost Discussion concerning Mallett, C. (2016). The School-to-Prison Pipeline | LCI, LCII, LCIII
- Spring 2019 Final Exam Tuesday 7 May 10:00-11:50 AM Assignment Due: History of the Present Essay
- LCIV: Seminar concerning Ladson-Billings, G. (2016/1995). Culturally relevant pedagogy learning experiences & lesson planning
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Week Fifteen 29 April – 3 May: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy | Agenda
Tuesday / Thursday | Research & Consultation (class does not meet)
Spring 2019 Final Exam Tuesday 7 May 10:00-11:50 AM
Assignment Due: History of the Present Essay
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