Gateway Sem in Urban Education

4 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Priority given to EDIJ students. As the gateway course for the Program in Education, Inquiry, and Justice (EDIJ), EDIJ 3200 Seminar in Urban Education (CBL) is a general introduction to education in urban schools. This course will use articles, books, discussions, podcasts, and videos to pry open the processes of education and explore the systemic, interrelated nature of learning and teaching in schools. As a 4-credit community-based learning (CBL) learning course, students in EDIJ 3200 volunteer at a pre-selected DC public school a minimum of 40 volunteer hours (minimum 4 hours a week for 10 weeks evenly distributed across the semester) during the school day (typically 8:30am -3:30pm). The focal question that guides this course is: In what ways do schools reproduce or interrupt inequity in urban communities?