SYLLABUS & CALENDAR
Social Foundations of Education

 

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I. Course Description

This course examines models of the schoolÕs relationships to other social institutions, investigating how such relationships affect schooling practice with particular emphasis on understanding the pressures that affect such concens as teacher dropout rates, student achievement and public support for the schools.

II. Major Course Objectives

A. Class members will understand and be able to function as critical practitioners in dealing with the relation between the school and other social institutions. A particular emphasis is placed on two kinds of skills:

a. dealing with practical school problems and developing policy to address them;
b. analyzing educational controversy and developing approaches to deal with it.

B. PREREADING FOR COURSE: Go to http://www.newfoundations.com/EGR/VisionDelusion.html

The texts for the course will be: (No texts or multimedia will be available until after planning has been done on Jan 13th.)

Clabaugh & Rozycki Materials for the Social Foundations of Education NewFoundations Press 2009 on CD:

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1. School and Society: a systemic view
2. Governance, Law, Finance & Teaching: the Nuts & Bolts of Schooling
3. A Brief History of Education
4. Workbook: Social Foundations of Education
Clabaugh & Rozycki, Analyzing Controversy, Fourth Edition NewFoundations Press 2008

This CD will be available at the first class. Also, a number of articles to be downloaded from WWW.

 

C. Course related documents may be found with the search engines at the following interlinked websites:

http://home.comcast.net/~erozycki/

http://www.newfoundations.com

Other relevant texts and documents are available on the World Wide Web

III. Learning Activities

Teaching methodologies will include the use of lectures, dialogue, diagnostic session, visual displays, question and answer periods, case studies, situational simulations and immediate evaluation feedback.

IV. Evaluation

The following grades are used: A (4.0); A- (3.7); B+ (3.3); B (3.0); B- (2.7); C+ (2.3); C (2.0); F (0.0)

The grade of I (incomplete) is given when the course requirements have not been met for excuseable reasons. The maximum limit for completing an incomplete grade is one calendar year. A student may withdraw from the course for any reason at any time prior to the completion of the course and shall receive the grade of W. Pennsylvania Teaching Certification requires a minimal grade of B.

V. Requirements

A. Group/Individual Presentations: 1) A synopsis of readings will be presented to the class and discussion led on an application of that material.

B. Examinations and/or additional optional assignments: quizzes, short essays or projects may be offered as optional work. All required material must be minimally adequate and may be resubmitted once. Inadequately prepared optional work will not be counted, nor can it be resubmitted. A final examination may be given.

C. Papers: Several short papers are assigned which analyze required field experiences and simulations in terms of theories reviewed in class.

VI. Appeal Procedure for Student Academic grievances. (See Student Handbook.)

VII. Academic Fraud

The Center for Education strictly enforces the UniversityÕs policy on cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic fraud. Commission of such makes the student liable to sanctions ranging from failure in the course to expulsion from the University. (See appropriate parts of the Student Handbook.)

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Default Calendar TO BE ACCOMMODATED TO PARTICIPANTS
(Activities and Assignments may vary )
of Themes & Activities for Spring 20xx
includes Reading Guide
Social Foundations of Education

dates TBA	Focus Question	Topic	Workshop	Presentation	WKBK	Addenda	AnCon	Nuts& Bolts	School & Society
1/13	What is the scope of this course?	Administration, Assignments Instructional Model	Professional expectations: events -- structures	Teacher Dropouts	W53, 85, 119		AC1, appxA, B,
1/20	What do schools do?	Mission v Function (web)	SIM: school goals		W33	films	AC2, 3, 9	N1 ,2	SS1, 2
1/27	What is expected of schools?	Images & Benefits	Slogan analysis Pseudo-solutions		W49	priorities	AC4, 5, 6
2/7	What are school problems?	Prob Analysis	(Hyp Ex 1)	Analyzing Controversy		Hypothesizing	AC7, 8, 12	N 3, 4, 5
2/3	How can we deal with conflict?	Functions of Conflict: Bangin' in Little Rock	(Hyp Ex 2)	(FILMS)	W41		AC11
2/10	Digressions	How to Operationalize	Fair Play v Fair Share		W37, 39, 167, 189		AC13, 14		SS3, 4
2/17	Are school controversies real?	Prioritizing Values	Dealing with Controversy		W183		AC10, 15	N6, 7, 8	SS 5-7
2/24	Review (School Violence)	Fair Play v Fair Share Random Drug Test SIM	Criteria / Authority (Hyp3)	Prob Analysis DUE	W171	TestSIM	AC16, 17		SS8-11
3/3	SPRING BREAK
3/10	How do people differ?	Culture, Race & Ethnicity	Wayward Girl SIM	Sch Bd Report DUE	W121	Basic Org Conflicts RanPop	AC18	N13, 14
3/17	How is society changing?	Social Class Multiculturalism	Education & Immigration	Film Comp DUE	W83	Longevity Status, voc
3/24	Organization vs. People?	Basic Org Conflicts	Policy (HypEx 5)	Controversy Analysis DUE
3/31	What should be taught?	Curriculum Inclusion
4/7	Teaching Today Productivity, accountability	Production Models	Teacher Dropouts Revisited	Ritual vs Achievement
4/14	RESEARCH
4/21	RESEARCH
4/28	RESEARCH

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