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HISTORY 412

HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION

3 credits.

Examines the history of education in America from the colonization of North America to the present to consider education in its broadest sense - as a process of individual development and cultural transmission. Explores such topics as the rise of common schools in the urban North; the education of Native Americans, immigrants, slaves, and free blacks; the evolution of teacher training (primarily for women); various philosophies of "progressive" school reform; the politics of desegregation, bilingual education, and special education; the articulation between high school and college work; and the evolving federal role in American education.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. demonstrate their knowledge and explain the significance of key actors, events, themes, and ideas relating to the history of American education Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. interpret and contextualize primary historical sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. locate, synthesize, and evaluate information from primary and/or secondary sources in order to develop and support their own evidence-based historical interpretations Audience: Undergraduate 5. locate, synthesize, and evaluate relevant primary historical sources in order to construct evidence-based historical interpretations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. demonstrate their knowledge and explain the significance of key actors, events, themes, and ideas relating to the history of American education Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. interpret and contextualize primary historical sources Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. identify and evaluate historical arguments in secondary scholarly works Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. locate, synthesize, and evaluate information from primary and/or secondary sources in order to develop and support their own evidence-based historical interpretations Audience: Undergraduate 5. locate, synthesize, and evaluate relevant primary historical sources in order to construct evidence-based historical interpretations. Audience: Graduate

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