Spring 2027

Introduction to Education

Introduction to Education examines fundamental educational questions, concepts, and perspectives to assess proposed and existing educational policies and practices.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jonathan Marino

Summary

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Past student reviews · Mark Johnson, Emily Miller

Assessment typically included three flexible papers or projects, with grades often driven by attendance and writing. One student noted that readings were helpful but not strictly necessary for an A, while another found assignments easy if they kept up with the text.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify various perspectives on the purposes of education

  • Describe how communities over time and around the world understand education

  • Analyze the impact of poverty, race, gender, and socio-economic status on children globally

  • Explicate the relationship between schooling and other life outcomes.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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EDPOL 140

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

EMILY MILLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERICA RAMBERG is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK JOHNSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 500

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Emily Miller, Erica Ramberg

Students described the course as interesting with no exams, focusing instead on papers and discussions. The class generally felt manageable, with some finding the material engaging when instructors provided thorough lectures.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=95 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=145 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 88.4% A/AB (n=95 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Mark Johnson, Emily Miller

Assessment typically included three flexible papers or projects, with grades often driven by attendance and writing. One student noted that readings were helpful but not strictly necessary for an A, while another found assignments easy if they kept up with the text.

Past student reviews · Emily Miller

Feedback on instructor demeanor was mixed; one student found a professor strict and unentertaining, while another described the same instructor as kind, responsive, and accessible outside of class.

Topics

  • Fundamental educational questions, concepts, and perspectives.
  • Proposed and existing educational policies and practices.
  • How communities over time and around the world understand education.
  • Impact of poverty, race, gender, and socio-economic status on children globally.

Skills

  • Analyzing the impact of social factors like poverty, race, and gender on children's education globally.
  • Explicating the relationship between schooling and broader life outcomes.
  • Identifying various perspectives on the purposes of education.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
EDPOL 140 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Education

Recorded 2026-10-29
Raw records 
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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