Education, Schooling, and Society

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Formal education plays a large role in socialization processes including teaching around and about economic, political, and social structures. In the United States, while not codified by the Constitution, legal precedents spanning more than a century make "free and appropriate public education" a hallmark of American society. However, from its very inception, public education was (and remains) stratified by race, class, gender, and ethnicity. To understand the conditions of our education system this course explores historical, philosophical, and political markers of American education. It strives to understand learning, motivation, and instruction and how these facets of human growth/development influence, and are influenced within the world of education.