POL 3319 is also offered in Fall 2023
POL 3319 is also offered in Spring 2023
POL 3319 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2018 | POL 3319 Section 001: Education and the American Dream (51551)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 330
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (83 of 83 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to politics and education in the United States. Equality of educational opportunity, educating democratic citizens, school finance, role of political institutions in making educational policy. Efforts to reform/remake American education, including charter schools and private school vouchers.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?abernath+POL3319+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is intended as introduction to education politics and policy in the United States. It is designed for any student who might have an interest in exploring education, public policy, or American government. Topics will include equality of educational opportunity, educating democratic citizens, school finance, the role of political institutions in making educational policy, and efforts to reform and remake American education, including charter schools and private school vouchers. By the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of the provision of education in the United States, including the ways in which education is governed and the institutions involved in that governance. Students should be able to critically reflect on the degree to which American education fulfills the sometimes-competing goals Americans have for our schools.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students with an interest in American education, especially public education. Students interested in public policy.
- Learning Objectives:
- To develop a thorough and critical understanding of American education policy.
- Grading:
- Essay, short essay
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
25% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51551/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 October 2017
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