Education 691E - Sem-Soc Issues In Education

Introductory vocabulary and definitions, descriptions of the dynamics of oppression at the individual, institutional, and cultural levels. Focus on developing personal awareness of social group memberships in relationship to two specific forms of oppression. Introduction to selected literature on two specific forms of oppression.

Open to Graduate students only. The class will meet on Friday, September 7th and December 7th, 9am-5pm in Furcolo 20.
Students will choose two weekends (meeting at 9am-5pm) out of four.
Weekend 1: Racism, September 22nd-23rd;
Weekend 2: Classism, October 13th-14th;
Weekend 3: Sexism, November 10th-11th; and
Weekend 4: Ableism, December 1st-2nd.