Course Descriptions
Spring 2009
U ED. 71100 - Resrchng Langs & Literacies / Urban Classrooms, Garcia
The ways in which languages and literacies in education have been, and are being, studied will be the focus of this seminar. Students will learn about different research methodologies in pursuing questions about languages and literacies. They will also read actual studies that have been conducted using different methodologies and with different theoretical frameworks. In addition, students in the class will be engaged in an actual mixed method study that will use different lenses and methodologies to pursue a specific question on languages and literacies in education. Thus, the seminar puts alongside each other three components – 1) research methodologies, 2) studies that have been conducted with different research methodologies, 3) practice in conducting research and getting IRB approval.
U ED. 73100 - Critical Social Theory and Education Policy Studies
What is critical social theory? How can it be useful in educational research? How have power and resistance been theorized, and how can we use these theories to guide and enrich our empirical work? We will read Foucault, Bourdieu, Gramsci, Sassen, Scott, Appadurai, Butler, and Critical Race Theory to think through these issues.
U ED. 75200 - Educating Educators, Michelli
This program seminar is an overview of policy, practice, and research regarding how educators are prepared in the United States with special focus on urban educators. Students will engage in discussion and research around critical questions central to the field. Class sessions will include interviews with leaders possibly including policy makers, researchers, publishers, administrators and faculty in teacher education as well as candidates in teacher education programs from a several settings.
U ED. 75200 - Education Law and Policy, Bloomfield
It is intended to be fun, interesting, and useful. No previous knowledge of education law or legal research is assumed. The course focuses on the legal framework of American elementary and secondary school policies at the federal, state, and local levels. By course's end, students will be able to (1) articulate the structure of the American legal system as it relates to education policy and to map legal material within that structure; (2) identify and access law-related material from libraries and on-line; (3) relate fact situations arising from practice to substantive policy areas including church/state issues; free expression and due process rights; special education; racial, national origin, and gender discrimination; and Title I (including the No Child Left Behind Act); (4) navigate the educator/lawyer relationship from the perspective of each discipline for mutual benefit; and (5) apply legal and lobbying strategies to policy development and implementation
U ED. 75200 - Youth Civic Engagement and Activism, Ruck
There has been a renewed interest in answering questions focusing on political development and civic engagement and activism in young people. This seminar examines the germane literature and research (national and international) on young people’s political development and activism. In addition, close attention will be paid to how factors such as race/ethnicity and class influence young people's political socialization/civic development and youth activism.
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