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. Open to graduate students only. Class meets on Friday, September 18th and December 4th, 9am-5pm,Furcolo 20, 9am-5pm, and students will choose two weekends seminars out of four, Dates: October 3 & 4 (Youth Oppression); October 17 & 18 (Racism); October 31 & November 1st (Sexism), and November 14 & 15 (Classism).