printer friendly pageEDUC 202I: International Education Policy Workshop (EDUC 102I)
This is a project-based workshop. Practical introduction to issues in educational policy making, education reform, educational planning, implementation of policy interventions, and monitoring and evaluation in developing country contexts. Preference to students enrolled in ICE/IEAPA, but open to other students interested in international development or comparative public policy with instructor's consent. Attendance at first class required for enrollment.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Arribas Layton, L. (PI)
EDUC 218: Topics in Cognition and Learning: Technology and Multitasking
In our new media ecology, has affinity for social media and multitasking become addictive? Detrimental to learning and well-being? What can we learn from studies in the developmental cognitive sciences and cognitive neurosciences of reward, attention, memory & learning, motivation, stress, and self-regulation for tackling the behavioral design problems we face in crafting better socio-technical systems? This seminar course is designed to engage students in recent advances in this rapidly growing research area via discussions of both historical and late-breaking findings in the literature. By drawing on a breadth of studies ranging from cognitive development, cognitive neuroscience, and educational/training studies, students will gain an appreciation for specific ways interdisciplinary approaches can add value to specific programs of research.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Repeatable
for credit
EDUC 223: Language Issues in Educational Research and Practice
This course provides the foundation for reasoning about language and linguistic groups and for thinking critically about available literature, methods, normative documents, and services concerning language in educational research and practice. Making sound decisions concerning language and linguistic groups contributes to valid research and to fair and effective practices in education. Students work on a project of their choice. Issues investigated include: Making sampling decisions concerning linguistically diverse populations, selecting translators for languages unknown to the researcher, and using and interpreting information from research involving diverse linguistic groups.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
Instructors:
Solano-Flores, G. (PI)
EDUC 231: Learning Religion: How People Acquire Religious Commitments (AMSTUD 231X, JEWISHST 291X, RELIGST 231X)
This course will examine how people learn religion outside of school, and in conversation with popular cultural texts and practices. Taking a broad social-constructivist approach to the variety of ways people learn, this course will explore how people assemble ideas about faith, identity, community, and practice, and how those ideas inform individual, communal and global notions of religion. Much of this work takes place in formal educational environments including missionary and parochial schools, Muslim madrasas or Jewish yeshivot. However, even more takes place outside of school, as people develop skills and strategies in conversation with broader social trends. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to questions that lie at the intersection of religion, popular culture, and education. May be repeat for credit.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
EDUC 234: Curiosity in Artificial Intelligence (PSYCH 240A)
How do we design artificial systems that learn as we do early in life -- as "scientists in the crib" who explore and experiment with our surroundings? How do we make AI "curious" so that it explores without explicit external feedback? Topics draw from cognitive science (intuitive physics and psychology, developmental differences), computational theory (active learning, optimal experiment design), and AI practice (self-supervised learning, deep reinforcement learning). Students present readings and complete both an introductory computational project (e.g. train a neural network on a self-supervised task) and a deeper-dive project in either cognitive science (e.g. design a novel human subject experiment) or AI (e.g. implement and test a curiosity variant in an RL environment). Prerequisites: python familiarity and practical data science (e.g. sklearn or R).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Haber, N. (PI)
EDUC 261D: Computational Thinking Elective
This course approaches computational thinking through the lens of teaching for social justice. We will examine how (and why) practitioners and schools can support students engagement with computational thinking practices through interdisciplinary means. Utilizing computational thinking as an approach to problem solving empowers individuals to recognize the influences technology brings to our society and the impact it has on ethics and equity. This course will develop students' understanding of computational thinking to engage in important ways with power, privilege, and identity. Participants must have theoretical and experiential background in teaching diverse students in k-12. Course Open to LDT & STEP MA students at the GSE only.
Last offered: Spring 2020
EDUC 262D: Curriculum & Instruction Elective in English
Methodology of science instruction: teaching for English and language arts; linking the goals of teaching English with interdisciplinary curricula; opportunities to develop teaching materials. For STEP Program students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Williams, M. (PI)
EDUC 263D: Curriculum & Instruction Elective in Math
Methodology of math instruction: teaching for mathematical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching math with literacy and interdisciplinary curricula; opportunities to develop teaching materials. For STEP Program students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lakshminarayanan, G. (PI)
EDUC 267D: Curriculum & Instruction Elective in Science
Methodology of science instruction: teaching for scientific reasoning; linking the goals of teaching science with literacy and interdisciplinary curricula; opportunities to develop teaching materials. For STEP Program students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Diffenbaugh, P. (PI)
EDUC 268D: Curriculum & Instruction Elective in History
The methodology of history instruction: teaching for historical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching history with literacy and interdisciplinary curricula; opportunities to develop teaching materials. For STEP Program students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
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