5. Textbooks
• Tozer, S. Sensese, G. Violas, P. (2012) School
and society: Historical and contemporary
perspectives, 7th Edition. New York, NY.,
MaGraw-Hill.
• Labaree, D. (2010). Someone has to fail: The
zero-sum game of public schooling.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
6. Assignments
Activity Possible
Class attendance, readings,
participation,
200
Survey Response participation:
Someone has to fail: The zero-sum
game of public schooling 20 pts. X 4
80
Philosophy of Education (Sketch) 2
pages
20
Film Analysis Paper 100
Position Powerpoint on Current Issue
in Public Education
200
Philosophy of Education - Final 200
Final Exam 200
Online participation 6/24 50
Total Points 1050
7. Date Class content Assignment Given Assignment Due
5/21 Chapter 1 Introduction to course. Explanation of assignments.
Introduction to colleagues.
Philosophy of Education (Sketch) 2
pages
5/23 Chapter 2 Liberty and Literacy; The Jeffersonian Ideal
Chapter 9 Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives
Survey 1: Response to Labaree
Chapter 1 - 2
Philosophy of Education (Sketch) 2
pages, Due 5/28
5/28 Chapter 3 School as a Public Institution: The Common School Era
Chapter 10 Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization
Movement
Outline of Philosophy of Education
Paper - Due 7/2
Survey 1: Response to
Labaree Chapter 1 - 2
Philosophy of Education
(Sketch) 2 pages
5/30 Chapter 4 Diversity and Equity: Schooling and African Americans Research a film to analyze by
Thursday 6/4
6/4 Chapter 11 Differentiated Schooling, Labor Market Preparation,
Contemporary School Reform: The Post-Cold War Era
Submit film choice for
approval online
6/6 Chapter 5 Social Diversity and Differentiated Schooling: The Progressive
Era
Survey 2: Response to Labaree
Chapter 3
6/11 Chapters 6: Diversity and Equity: Schooling and American Indians Review Film Survey 2: Response to
Labaree Chapter 3
6/13 Chapter 7 National School Reform: the Early Cold War Era Checkpoint Philosophy of Ed
6/18 Chapters 8 Diversity and Equity: Schooling Girls and Women Select Current Issue in Education
for small group
6/20 Chapter 14 School and Society: Teaching and Teacher Leadership in the
21st Century
* Note the next class will be a Google Hangout conducted with teacher
leaders from 5-6 pm Monday. Attendance will earn extra 50 pts.
Survey 3: Response to Labaree
Chapters 4-5
Film Analysis Due
Identify Current Issue in
Education for Paper
6/24* MONDAY Online 5-6 pm with Teacher Leaders Survey 3: Response to
Labaree Chapters 4-5
6/27 Chapter 12 Diversity and Equity Today: Defining the Challenge
7/2 Chapters 13 Diversity and Equity Today: Meeting the Challenge Survey 4: Response to Labaree
Chapters 6-7-8
Philosophy of Education
Due
7/9 Small Group PPT Presentation on Current Issue in Education
Someone Has to Fail; The Zero-Sum Game of Public Schooling
PPT Presentation on
Current Issue
7/11 Film TBD and discussion Final Exam Due
8. Tools if Inquiry
• Social Theory
• Schooling
• Training
• Education
• Political Economy
• Ideology
9. Social Theory
• Internal consistency
• Account for data
• Relationship to other accepted theories
10. Schooling-Training-Education
• Schooling vs. education
• Hidden curriculum
– Identify a school activity or structure and its’
hidden curriculum
• Training vs. Education
• Predictable responses
• Critical Question: Schooling Training Education
Why?
11. Political Economy
• Social
• Cultural
• Economic
• Political
• Demographic
• Name a schooling practice that prepares students
for political economy. How beneficial to the
student is this practice.
12. Ideology
• Beliefs
• Value systems
• Social understandings
• Who benefits?
• Identify a school practice that represents a
common belief system. How does the
prevailing ideology justify a practice?
13. Analytic Framework
Political Economy
Institutions and process
Social, Economic, Political,
Educational
Ideology
Shared beliefs
Shared values
Shared habits of thought
Shared social groups
Schooling
Goals and practices
Organization
Teachers’ experiences
Students’ experiences
14. Assignment I
• Philosophy of Education Sketch Assignment
• This assignment is to get you started on a philosophy of
education paper that will be due later in the course.
• Format: At least 3 pages, double spaced, 1 inch margin,
Times New Roman font
• Due: May 28th
• Write a short description of your philosophy of education
based on the following questions.
• A philosophy of education can be based on any number of
beliefs, experiences, theories, or philosophies. The goal of
this assignment is to get you to explore your personal
perspective on each of these ideas.
15. • Question 1: Tell your personal story about why
you have started on this path to becoming a
teacher. Consider these perspectives:
• Continuity vs. Continuity
• Nature vs. Nurture
• Active vs. Passive
16. • Question 2: What is education for? (What are the
goals of education in America?) Use the Analytic
Framework (Tozer, p. 11). to answer this question.
• What is education in relation to the Political
Economy?
• Social
• Economic
• Political
• Educational
17. • What is the role of Ideology in education?
• Shared beliefs
• Shared values
• Shared habits of thought
• Shared social groups
• What is Schooling?
18. • What are goals and practices of schools?
• How are schools organized?
• What are teacher experiences?
• What are students' experiences?
19. The Future of Learning,
Networked Society - Ericsson
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4
dMU&feature=player_embedded#!
