5840 Syllabus

FDN 5840, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

Holidays	Tuesdays	Class Topics, Assigned Readings, and Related Links
	Jan. 12	Introduction.
		Download updated PDF syllabus, when available, if you want a hard copy. However, the online version is the official syllabus. You are required to consult it for readings and other class assignments. Assignment 1: Forum registration, PDF.
	Jan. 19	Kozol, Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid. Click Here.
		High school graduation rates by state and racial group. Click here.
		Incarceration rates for minority males from Human Rights Watch.
		Growing Good Principals
		Video: People Like Us: Social Class in America, Part I. More, from the website: Click here.
		PDF of lecture slides.
	Jan. 26	No class.
	Feb. 2	WPCC building closures. Class cancelled.
		Lemann, Behind the SAT.
		Stephan Jay Gould on IQ. Click here.
		Video: The American Dream at Groton
	Feb. 9	Lemann, Behind the SAT.
		Stephan Jay Gould on IQ. Click here.
		Video: The American Dream at Groton
		Video: People Like Us: Social Class in America, Part II
		Economic Opportunity Institute: An argument for an increased minimum wage. Click here.
		Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition: The minimum wage debate. Click here.
		PDF of lecture slides.
	Feb. 16	Mid-term assigned. Click here. PDF version.
		Continued from Feb. 9 class, plus pre-midterm review
	Feb. 23	Mid-term due, 10 pm, via e-mail attachment to professor (see email requirement). MS Word format or rtf as second best choice. No class meeting.
	March 9	No class. Spring Break
	March 16	Ender’s Game, all.
		Where the Wild Things Are, please bring a copy if you have it.
		Dewey, from School and Society, and Essays on Contemporary Thought. Click here.
	March 23	Cuadros, A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America. Read the complete book.
		Adam Gamoran, "Is Ability Grouping Equitable?" Click here.
		Clotfelter, et al., "Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina’s Public School Classrooms." Resegregation through tracking. Click here.
		North Carolina Middle School Association Research Bulletin on tracking and ability grouping. Click here.
		North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction, "Grouping Practices Research Brief." Click here.
		Teachers, Children, and EOG's
		Video: A Class Divided.
	March 30	Quinn, Ishmael. Read the complete novel.
		Video: Genesis: A Living Conversation. "The First Murder."
		Class generated discussion topics: Click here.
		Philosophies of education and learning theories chart. Click here.
	April 6	No class. State Holiday.
	April 13	No class. Please continue preparing for our final two classes.
	April 20	Delpit, pp. xi-69. Click here.
		Without Sanctuary: Lynching in America. Click here. (The "official" site has been removed, but the photos and text from the exhibit are still available. Please browse, and be sure to click on the link that will tell you more about any postcard you view.)
		Rorty, "Solidarity or objectivity" and "Science as solidarity". Handout: Click here. Solidarity/Objectivity Chart. Slides PDF
		Video: The Sudbury Valley School.
	April 27	Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible. Pp ix-543.
		Final Exam: Word document. PDF.
	May 2	Sunday. Final due at 10 PM.