Fall 2016  |  SOC 3452 Section 001: Education and Society (33989)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F.
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?warre046+SOC3452+Fall2016
Class Description:
Everyone thinks they know what "education" is. We've all been in schools, and we think we know how they work. We all have opinions about why some people go farther in school than others and why some people learn more than others. We all think we know what role education plays in shaping who gets good jobs, who has a good life, and who has more knowledge. We all have opinions about how schools could be improved and about other public policies related to education. ~~~~~ This course is designed to challenge and expand what we think we know about all of these things. Students (and the instructor) will critically engage scientific research in sociology, education, economics, public policy, and elsewhere. The goal will be to educate everyone about the current state of knowledge about how "education" works: what shapes educational achievement; where sex and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievements come from; what role education plays in economic development; how and why educational accomplishments result in better social and economic outcomes; and how educational institutions might be improved. ~~~~~ We all enter the course with unique and valuable experiences and perspectives. We will all be challenged by seriously engaging the scholarship of sociologists of education and others. ~~~~~ This is not a course in which the instructor simply tells students what is true. It is a course in which the class --- as a collective --- draws on their own backgrounds and experiences, reads and discusses research and other scholarship, debates and argues about the issues, and transforms their ideas. ~~~~~ Students who take this class must be willing to bring their backgrounds and experiences into dialogue with empirical research and to have their ideas and assumptions challenged.
Grading:
There will be a series of short papers (mainly summarizing the main points of the readings); some in-class activities (like days when students lead class by organizing debates or discussions); a required service-learning component; and probably some extra credit opportunities. There will be NO exams.
Exam Format:
There will not be exams in this course.
Class Format:
There may be short lectures at the beginning of some class sessions, but mostly the class will be interactive: discussions, debates, student-led engagement with course material. Films, YouTube clips, Skype interviews with authors, perhaps in-class visitors ... all will be more common than lectures.
Workload:
Students will be expected to read a fair amount in this course (e.g., a book or multiple articles per week) There will be frequent but short written assignments; a few independent student projects; and days when students are expected to lead discussion or moderate debates.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33989/1169
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/warre046_SOC3452_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 July 2016

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