Foundations of Education

Catalog description

This course provides students with a knowledge base of the historical, cultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which North American schools have developed. Among the number of important threads to be examined throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on the social movements that have made improvements in equitable educational access, opportunity, achievement, and teaching towards democratic ends.. Students are encouraged to develop analytic frameworks and critical perspectives on education so that they may gain balanced understandings of current educational policies and practices in order to be able to make informed decisions about them as both educators and citizens. All students enrolled in the course are required to complete fifteen hours of fieldwork in a K-12 classroom setting. The course is open to all majors. This course is a prerequisite to the professional course sequence in Teacher Education. A grade of B or higher is required for admission into the teacher education program. Field Experience: 15 hours.