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Date |
Readings, Assignments,
Deadlines. All quizzes are due before class begins. |
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1 |
8/22 |
Course overview. Read the syllabus, come prepared with
questions. Purchase the course reader. |
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8/24 |
Group projects kick-off. See
sample sites.
Get an account on BGSU Personal Server if you do not have one. |
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2 |
8/29 |
Spring, "The purposes of public schooling,"
Quiz 1.
Answer questions on pages 5,
14, and 19. |
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8/31 |
Farris, "International Influences on the Foundations of
Education," Quiz 2.
Select the individual who has made the biggest difference in education.
Prepare to defend your position. |
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3 |
9/5 |
Labor Day, no class |
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9/7 |
Farris, "Historical Foundations of American Education,"
Quiz 3. What was
the most important movement or event in the history of American education?
Why? |
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4 |
9/12 |
Farris, "Education in Other Countries,"
Quiz 4.
What can we learn from
specific countries? Make a list of proposals. |
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9/14 |
Kottak, "Culture,"
Quiz 5.
Prepare a list of your own
cultural characteristics of three kinds: universal, general, and particular. |
|
5 |
9/19 |
Kottak, "Families, Kinship, and Marriage,"
Quiz 6.
Describe your own family in
terms of descent, residence rules, allowable form of marriage and divorce,
exogamy/endogamy, marital rights, bridewealth/dowry practices. |
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9/21 |
Lab report kick-off. On-line reading:
Hidalgo, "Multicultural Teacher Introspection". |
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6 |
9/26 |
Culture activity |
|
9/28 |
Culture activity |
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7 |
10/3 |
Group work day |
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10/5 |
Lab conference. Be prepared to present draft lab report
in class (have an outline or a draft).
Lab reports are due
10/7 by 10
AM. |
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8 |
10/10 |
Fall Break, no class |
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10/12 |
Spring, "Education and Equality of Opportunity,"
Quiz 7.
Answer questions in
Conclusion, page 189. |
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9 |
10/17 |
FrontPage training.
Hayes 025. Bring at least one zip disk or a flash drive per group. |
|
10/19 |
Spring, "Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race,
Gender, and Special Needs,"
Quiz 8.
Which of the racial attitudes listed on page 199 have you
observed? |
|
10 |
10/24 |
Spring, "Student Diversity,"
Quiz 9.
Prepare answers to
questions on page 250. (The 3:00 group only meets in Olscamp
207). |
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10/26 |
Spring, "Multicultural education,"
Quiz 10.
Prepare answers to
questions on page 271. |
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11 |
10/31 |
Tozer-Violas-Senese, "Contemporary School Reform: The
Post-Cold War Era," Quiz 11.
Answer question 4 on page
308. |
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11/2 |
Sadker-Sadker, "Philosophy of Education",
Quiz 12.
Complete the survey on pages
312-314 (use your notebook if you plan to resell the book) |
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12 |
11/7 |
Philosophy paper kick-off |
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11/9 |
Group work day/group consultations |
|
13 |
11/14 |
Group 1 presentation. Noll, "Should Technology Lead the
Quest for Better Schools?" |
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11/16 |
Group 2 presentation. Noll, "Does school violence
warrant zero-tolerance policy?" |
|
14 |
11/21 |
Group 3 presentation. Noll, "Can charter schools
Revitalize Public Education?" |
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11/23 |
Thanksgiving break, no class |
|
15 |
11/28 |
Group 4 presentation. Noll, "Should bilingual Education
Programs be abandoned?" |
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11/30 |
No class (Sasha is in Texas,
Aldine School district) |
|
16 |
12/5 |
Group 5 presentation. Noll, "Do High-Stakes Assessments
Improve Learning?" |
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12/7 |
Group 6 presentation. Noll, "Can Character Education
Reverse Moral Decline?"
Course evaluation.
Philosophy papers and
optional
reviews due
on-line by 12/9 at 10 AM. |
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17 |
12/16 |
3:30-4:30. Final exam (TBA). |
