printer friendly pageEDUC 236: Beyond Bits and Atoms: Designing Technological Tools (CS 402)
Practicum in designing and building technology-enabled curricula and hands-on learning environments. Students use software toolkits and state-of-the-art fabrication machines to design educational software, educational toolkits, and tangible user interfaces. The course will focus on designing low-cost technologies, particularly for urban school in the US and abroad. We will explore theoretical and design frameworks from the constructionist learning perspective, critical pedagogy, interaction design for children.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Blikstein, P. (PI)
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Bumbacher, E. (PI)
EDUC 236B: Curricular Public Policies for the Recognition of Afro-Brazilians and Indigenous Population (AFRICAAM 126B, CSRE 126B, EDUC 136B, PUBLPOL 126B)
Recently two laws in Brazil (10639/2003 and 13465/2008), which came about due to intense pressure from Black and Indigenous social movements throughout the 20th century, have introduced changes in public education curriculum policies. These new curriculum policies mandate that the study of Afro-Brazilian, African, and Indigenous histories and cultures must be taught at all educational levels including at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. As part of this mandate, educators are now directed to incorporate considerations of ethnic-racial diversity in relation to people's thinking and experiences. These policies aim to fight racism as well as other forms of discrimination, and moreover, encourage the building of more equitable pedagogies. This course will discuss past and current policies and practices in Brazilian education from the point of view of different social projects organized by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Brazilians, Asian-Brazilians, as well as Euro-Brazilians. It will also focus on Latin American efforts to promote equity in education, as well as to articulate different points of view, and reinforce and build epistemologies that support the decolonization of thinking, behaviors, research and policies. As part of this process, the course will study the experiences of people demanding these new public policies in terms of the extent to which they were able to influence institutional structures and to establish particular policy reforms. The course will also analyze theoretical frameworks employed by opponents of these movements to resist policies that might challenge their privileged place in society. In doing this, the course will offer theoretical and methodological avenues to promote research that can counter hegemonic curricular policies and pedagogical practices. The course will be fully participatory and oriented towards generating ongoing conversations and discussion about the various issues that arose in Brazil in relation to these two recent laws. To meet these goals, we will do a close reading of relevant scholarly works, paying particular attention to their theoretical frameworks, research designs, and findings.
Last offered: Winter 2015
EDUC 238: Teacher Policies in Latin America
We will explore the complex, challenging and often troubled world of teacher policy in Latin America. Education policy is an important instrument of change and the hope of many teachers and students. They affect the lives of many people and therefore their design, implementation and evaluation must have high academic and political rigor. The emphasis of this course is on the design and implementation of teacher policies in Latin America. We will focus on how to use empirical evidence to take into account the impact, feasibility and political complexities of designing and implementing teacher policy in LA.
EDUC 239: Educating Young STEM Thinkers (EDUC 139, ME 139, ME 231)
The course introduces students to the design thinking process, the national conversations about the future of STEM careers, and opportunities to work with middle school students and K-12 teachers in STEM-based after-school activities and intercession camps. The course is both theory and practice focused. The purpose is twofold; to provide reflection and mentoring opportunities for students to learn about pathways to STEM careers and to introduce mentoring opportunities with young STEM thinkers.
Last offered: Spring 2016
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
EDUC 240: Adolescent Development and Learning
How do adolescents develop their identities, manage their inner and outer worlds, and learn? Presuppositions: that fruitful instruction takes into account the developmental characteristics of learners and the task demands of specific curricula; and that teachers can promote learning and motivation by mediating among the characteristics of students, the curriculum, and the wider social context of the classroom. Prerequisite: STEP student or consent of instructor. (STEP)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Darling-Hammond, L. (PI)
;
Sadowski, M. (PI)
;
Sullivan, S. (PI)
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Instructors:
Darling-Hammond, L. (PI)
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Sadowski, M. (PI)
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Sullivan, S. (PI)
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Alvero, A. (TA)
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Cook, C. (TA)
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Vinh, K. (TA)
EDUC 241: Race, Justice, and Integration (PHIL 142, PHIL 242)
Recent philosophical research on injustice, race, and the ideal of racial integration.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Callan, E. (PI)
EDUC 242: Workshop on Instrument Development for Assessment, Research or Evaluation Purposes I
This course is designed with the belief that collecting information is a routine activity in which most researchers and educators are involved. Developing and improving instruments to gather information for descriptive, assessment, research, or evaluation purposes is a goal that unites all social sciences. Therefore, this course focuses on the technical skills required to develop, judge, and/or select quality instruments in diverse domains. The course will focus on your personal journey to develop or judge an instrument on something that is important for you.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Ruiz-Primo, M. (PI)
EDUC 243: Writing Across Languages and Cultures: Research in Writing and Writing Instruction (CSRE 243, EDUC 145)
Theoretical perspectives that have dominated the literature on writing research. Reports, articles, and chapters on writing research, theory, and instruction; current and historical perspectives in writing research and research findings relating to teaching and learning in this area.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
EDUC 244: Classroom Management and Leadership
Student and teacher roles in developing a classroom community. Strategies for classroom management within a theoretical framework. STEP secondary only.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
EDUC 244E: Elementary Classroom Leadership and Management
How to best manage a classroom. Student and teacher roles in developing a classroom community. Strategies for classroom management within a theoretical framework. STEP elementary only.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Rose, D. (PI)
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