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History
Description: This course will approach key questions in American K-12 education from a historical lens, tracing the development of schooling in the United States from the Indigenous pre-conquest era to the present. Students will read both primary and secondary texts to access a variety of voices throughout the American experience and complete a final project that relates to their own area of interest. In particular, we will consider themes of race, class, gender, sexuality, empire/settler colonialism, capitalism, disability, power, and equity in the history of American education. While this is a history course, and therefore embraces the value of historical study in its own right, it also aims to be of use for future teachers of all subjects, non-teaching track History majors and minors, educational practitioners, and any citizen with an interest in education. As much as possible, we will also consider how historical thinking and knowledge can help enrich and inform our engagement with contemporary educational debates. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
History
Term : Winter 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
HIS 303 - History Of American Education
Description: This course will approach key questions in American K-12 education from a historical lens, tracing the development of schooling in the United States from the Indigenous pre-conquest era to the present. Students will read both primary and secondary texts to access a variety of voices throughout the American experience and complete a final project that relates to their own area of interest. In particular, we will consider themes of race, class, gender, sexuality, empire/settler colonialism, capitalism, disability, power, and equity in the history of American education. While this is a history course, and therefore embraces the value of historical study in its own right, it also aims to be of use for future teachers of all subjects, non-teaching track History majors and minors, educational practitioners, and any citizen with an interest in education. As much as possible, we will also consider how historical thinking and knowledge can help enrich and inform our engagement with contemporary educational debates. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
- GS: American Institutions
- LS: Social and Political Worlds