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An introductory course examining theories, institutions, and current issues in international educational development.

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Examines 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.

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Explores 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.

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Overview 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.

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Topics in Education Studies examines contemporary topics and debates in education studies while developing research and analytical skills for education careers.

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Independent Reading is a student-designed opportunity to explore a subject in depth.

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Explores relationships between health, nutrition, and education using interdisciplinary frameworks to understand child wellbeing and policy impacts on educational settings.

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Education in Emergencies examines forced migration, refugee definitions, and access to schooling. It explores curricula for camp and urban refugees and the role of humanitarianism.

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Examines policy issues surrounding the education of children from immigrant families in K-16 settings, exploring economic, social, political, and ideological contexts through readings, discussions, and assignments.

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Explores contemporary social issues and their significance for educational purposes and practices through various special topics.

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Family and Community Engagement in Education examines how families and communities engage in K-12 schooling, emphasizing power, equity, and social science approaches.

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This course examines language politics, policies, and practices in a global perspective, focusing on how language choices in schooling interact with ethnic and linguistic diversity.

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Problems in Educational Policy examines education-policy debates around a special topic chosen by the instructor; policy area and faculty vary each semester.

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An interdisciplinary course exploring educational research and program evaluation through equity-oriented frameworks, focusing on power, politics, and systematic inquiry methods.

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Introduction to statistical analysis for research and evaluation, drawing on current events and policy debates.

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Applies quantitative techniques to manage and analyze secondary data for educational policy using statistical software.

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Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Education teaches qualitative methods through a research apprenticeship covering idea development, data collection, analysis, and dissemination.

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Special Topics in Educational Policy Studies with topics that vary each semester.

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A proseminar focused on the critical analysis of theories, methods, and intellectual perspectives used in comparative studies of education.

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Examines legal foundations of special education and pupil services, covering juvenile justice, ELL, and homeless programs through federal/state statutes and case law.

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Law and Public Education examines legal issues related to policy decisions and delivery of public elementary and secondary education in the United States.

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Gender and Education examines how schools reproduce gender identities using critical and feminist perspectives to analyze intersections with race, class, and sexuality.

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Traces the development of higher education and the university in the United States and Europe since the Middle Ages, focusing on its intellectual, political, and social history.

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Examines how metropolitan change, economic transformation, and race construction shaped mass incarceration, inequality, and minority experiences in urban America.

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Examines the history of American education from colonization to the present, focusing on education as individual development and cultural transmission.

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Examines the comparative history of childhood and adolescence, including sub-cultures, class differences, representations, legal developments, and educational institutions.

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A proseminar reading course on European or American educational history that involves developing a research project on the history of childhood or adolescence.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources