| EDST 120-01 |
Contemporary Issues in American Education
Instructor: Liz Lewis
Course Description:
An examination of current policies, practices, and problems in the landscape of American education with particular attention to the perspectives of various stakeholders (e.g. teachers, students, families, community leaders, employers, and elected officials). U.S. diversity with respect to race, class, gender, language, and exceptionality is considered within a variety of educational contexts. The course also examines the ways in which educational issues and reform efforts intersect with social, economic, political, and cultural forces.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 08 |
| EDST 140-01 |
Educational Psychology
Instructor: Noreen Lape
Course Description:
An examination of physical, cognitive, and psychological developmental theories and research as well as theories of learning. The course includes theoretical perspectives on: age-stage characteristics, exceptionality, achievement versus aptitude, as well as how developmental, sociocultural, and motivational factors influence student learning in classroom contexts.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| EDST 250-01 |
Curriculum Theory
Instructor: Kirk Anderson
Course Description:
An examination of how the curriculum of educational institutions is shaped as well as how curriculum serves as a shaping force for educational institutions. This includes an examination of various conceptions of curriculum and of knowledge as well as curriculum ideologies and structures. Finally, the course examines how diverse student populations may experience the curriculum.Prerequisites: 120 or 130, and 140.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
EASTC 301 |
| EDST 260-01 |
Introduction to Educational Research
Instructor: Liz Lewis
Course Description:
An introduction to the purposes and methodologies of research in education including how various stakeholders in the educational community use and access research findings as well as how studies in education are designed, implemented, and disseminated. Quantitative, qualitative, and historical methodologies are addressed. Research processes are introduced around the topic of literacy. Students will develop a review of the research literature on a topic related to literacy using online catalogs, databases, and other open access resources to find and gather sources and digital publications formats to disseminate their reviews. Prerequisite: 140.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
ALTHSE 206 |
| EDST 300-01 |
Models of Instruction and Assessment
Instructor: Liz Lewis
Course Description:
An introduction to instructional planning and assessment with a particular emphasis on meeting the needs of diverse learners. Primary activities of the course include designing and implementing lesson plans, designing assessment instruments, and designing an integrated unit of instruction. Students will learn to effectively use presentation technologies as well as instructional software and new media to enhance their instruction. Prerequisites: 140, and 260 or Social Science Research Methods (AFST 200, AMST 202, ANTH 240, ANTH 241, EASN 310, ECON 228, LAWP 228, PMGT 228, POSC 239, PSYC 211, SOCI 240, SOCI 244, or WGSS 200), or permission of instructor.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
EASTC 314 |
| EDST 310-01 |
Policies Shaping American Education
Instructor: Kirk Anderson
Course Description:
An examination of the policies that have shaped and continue to shape American Education within the broader context of American educational reform movements. Particular policy(ies) of focus each semester will be selected by the instructor. The course might include an in-depth examination of a particular policy such as school funding. Or, it might examine several policies around a broader concept such as inclusion which could include desegregation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Title IX, and policies related to English Language Learners. Prerequisites: 120 or 130, and 260 or Social Science Research Methods (AFST 200, AMST 202, ANTH 240, ANTH 241, EASN 310, ECON 228, LAWP 228, PMGT 228, POSC 239, PSYC 211, SOCI 240, SOCI 244, or WGSS 200), or permission of instructor.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
EASTC 301 |
| EDST 391-01 |
Contested Campus
Instructor: Neil Weissman
Course Description:
The course will focus on two current issues challenging higher education: access and free speech. Regarding the first, we will examine who attends college and why, socio-economic diversity in higher education, and the debate over affirmative action including successor approaches following the Supreme Court decision on the issue. For the second, we will investigate policies around free speech and its limits (if any) on campus, speech codes, cancel culture, the status of protest on campus, and whether colleges have an obligation to be neutral. The course will draw materials relating to a range of institutions, including Dickinson. Students will have an opportunity to write final research essays on a campus issue of their own choosing.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
ALTHSE 109 |
| EDST 391-02 |
Pierre Bourdieu and Symbolic Violence
Instructor: Dan Schubert
Course Description:
Cross-listed with SOCI 313-01 and PHIL 261-01. Pierre Bourdieu is perhaps the most influential sociologist of the last half century (he's certainly the most cited). His work on the reproduction of inequality, various forms of capital, symbolic power, and symbolic violence has been influential not only in sociology, but in educational studies, philosophy, political science, consumer studies, and anthropology as well. In this course we will read a variety of his works that will enable us to understand the development of these concepts in his work. The multidisciplinary impact of Bourdieu's work is reflected in the multidisciplinary composition of the student body in this course, and it is my hope that we will learn not only from Bourdieu, but from one another and our different disciplinary ways of knowing.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 303 |
| EDST 391-03 |
Playing to Learn: Harnessing Technology in K-12 to Facilitate Deeper Mathematical Understanding
Instructor: Steve Erfle
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INTD 250-01. The instructors book, Electronic String Art, and the emerging book (and existing blog), Playing with Polygons, form the basis for this class. String art, in which one creates curves and intricate patterns using straight lines, has been used as a supplementary teaching tool for more than half a century. Exploring string art on a board with thread or on paper with pencil is a relatively slow process, but it is instantaneous if done electronically. This ability to quickly change and see the results allows for informal testing of ideas and the discovery of patterns (the key to mathematical understanding), even for those in early elementary years. Additional parts of the emerging book Playing with Polygons (PwP) allow users to analyze counting rules, or to create spirals or cardioids. Students will initially play with these materials but will then transition to creating supplementary pedagogical materials. Successfully created materials such as short videos will become part of the ancillary material for the book with acknowledgement of student authorship included. International students are encouraged to enroll as they can create basic videos like those already created in English for use in their native language.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
STERN 11 |