Lower-Division

EDUC 40 Identity and Schooling

Examines history and philosophy of U.S. public education system and its impact on identity formation. Introduces basic frameworks for understanding school and society.

Credits

5

Instructor

Ronald Glass

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to first-year, incoming Bridge/EOP students.

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC 92A The Evolution of Education

Introduction to educational theory, Plato through Freire. A survey of major ideas and issues in education, ranging from the purposes of education and the organization of knowledge to the nature of teaching, compulsion in schooling, and questions concerning developmental theory, moral education, and aesthetic education. Course enrollment is unrestricted.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

EDUC 92B Introduction to Theories of Education

A general survey of theories and partial theories of education organized into three recurrent topics: teaching and learning, schooling, and education in society. Each is considered in terms of the partial theories of James, Dewey, and Skinner; cognitive constructivism, particularly the theories of cognitive science; and, finally, an integrated sociocultural theory of education.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

EDUC 92C Introduction to Issues in Diversity and Education

Examines the impact on schools and students of social/ethnic status, social class, and gender, with attention to historical, cultural, and psychological variables. An introduction to the theory, research, and reform movements in education in response to our state's and our nation's increasing diversity.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff