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58 courses
This course examines educational inequality across the Americas through imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism, evaluating transnational education policy contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduction to Qualitative Research provides an overview of qualitative inquiry, examining assumptions, standards, and methods for generating and communicating interpretations.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introductory field methods experience in qualitative research for education, focusing on defining research questions, selecting data collection and analysis methods, and engaging in these methods.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExplores Holocaust history, memory, and education using American sites of memory to critically analyze Shoah representations in literature, films, memoirs, monuments, museums, and classrooms.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduction to Tutoring covers techniques for asking questions, research-based learning strategies, active learning, productive struggle, feedback, and cognitive apprenticeship.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Global Education Through Film introduces global educational issues, policies, and practices through films, encouraging critical thinking about education's role in society.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2024–Spring 2026Intensive study of Wisconsin's environmental, sustainability, and climate change education history combined with active participation in community organizations engaged in sustainability.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Intro to education, technology, and society covering AI, big data, and the digital divide in domestic and global contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited sampleExamines claims in education stories, forms of bias, and how the changing media landscape impacts what stories are told, who tells them, and their effect on education policy and practice.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduction to Education examines fundamental educational questions, concepts, and perspectives to assess proposed and existing educational policies and practices.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Mark Johnson, Emily Miller
Under Mark Johnson, main grades were three papers or projects with flexible due dates, plus attendance. Under Emily Miller, assignments were not hard if readings were completed, with pop quizzes and extra credit.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to K-12 education policy, policy processes, and school governance in the U.S., examining goals, discourses, research, and lenses across historical and global contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Examines ethical questions in education, including justification, equity, and decision-making authority, while introducing analytic tools used by educational ethicists.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleEducation and Public Policy examines educational policies, practices, and issues in social, cultural, historical, and political economic contexts in the U.S. and globally.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · David O'Brien
Readings were described as hard, but the professor explained them very well during class.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Examines histories of discrimination and resistance at UW-Madison and in Madison since 1848, focusing on race, racial inequalities, and structural impacts on students, staff, and faculty.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExplores race, ethnicity, and inequality in U.S. public education through theoretical, historical, social, and cultural frameworks, focusing on K-12 and multicultural contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Linn Posey
The class was reading-heavy, requiring over 40 pages per week. Students completed three major papers and short assignments, with participation in discussions being a critical component of the workload.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Explores the value of an education/social sciences major for education-related careers in the contemporary workplace.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025An internship course in education, arts, or health that combines workplace experience with critical reflection and career development theory to enhance professional opportunities.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExamines cultural and language politics in education through anthropology, sociolinguistics, and language policy to understand how they reinforce or reduce inequality.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroduction to quantitative methods in education policy, focusing on using quantitative reasoning to analyze and interpret data in visual and numerical forms.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026An interdisciplinary course that explores youth through theoretical, historical, social, and cultural perspectives with a focus on Minoritized Youth and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez
The class required a good amount of writing, though assignments were not too hefty. Students reported lots of readings, though some felt they could skip articles most weeks.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Study theories and practices of educating for social justice using participatory methodologies, focusing on critical pedagogy and transformative educators like Paulo Freire and bell hooks.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Reynaldo Morales
The class was very lecture and quiz heavy, and the content tended to drift off topic occasionally.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Disability and Education Policy examines how policies shape the educational experiences of students with disabilities in education and the broader educational landscape.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleThis course examines the socio-cultural, political, and economic forces shaping education worldwide, including in the U.S., focusing on purposes of schooling, inequality, and global reform.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jennifer Otting
The course included readings, videos, three essays, and a project. While assignments were substantial, students reported having ample time to complete them, and one found the overall content easy to grasp.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026An introductory course examining theories, institutions, and current issues in international educational development.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExamines the interplay between schools and society, focusing on how societal and cultural influences shape school processes, policies, and pedagogy, and how schools reciprocally shape society.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Edgar Valles
Most work for the course was graded in discussions or essays completed outside of class. Lectures were interesting but felt unnecessary at times, as content in lectures and readings seemed optional.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Explores the forms of education in democracies and U.S. controversies, examining mass schooling history and evaluating issues via democratic criteria like equality, liberty, and justice.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez
The course was structured with some weeks being extremely writing-heavy, a feature attributed to the specific summer term context.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Overview of human-earth relations theories and climate crisis causes/consequences, centering ecological justice and providing tools like Traditional Ecological Knowledge for responding to climate change.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Matthew Wolfgram
Grading was not harsh, and TAs handled all grading tasks. Assignments were described as easy and engaging, contributing to a lower overall difficulty rating from recent students.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Topics in Education Studies examines contemporary topics and debates in education studies while developing research and analytical skills for education careers.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Mary Michaud
Homework was primarily reading-heavy, with minimal other assignments, though students noted the workload was manageable.
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026Independent Reading is a student-designed opportunity to explore a subject in depth.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Explores relationships between health, nutrition, and education using interdisciplinary frameworks to understand child wellbeing and policy impacts on educational settings.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history