EDUC 148: Critical Perspectives on Teaching and Tutoring English Language Learners
Theoretical foundation for volunteer tutors of English language learners in urban environments working with children in school-based programs or adults in community-based settings.
EDUC 149: Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism (EDUC 249)
Sociolinguistic perspective. Emphasis is on typologies of bilingualism, the acquisition of bilingual ability, description and measurement, and the nature of societal bilingualism. Prepares students to work with bilingual students and their families and to carry out research in bilingual settings.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Valdes, G. (PI)
EDUC 155: First Year Reflections Seminar
Restricted to first-year undergraduates; limited enrollment. There are two options for how to participate. You can either enroll in three class weekday sessions weeks 4, 5 & 6 or one weekend section. These times provide a structured time for students to explore their identities, values, and the kind of lives they want to lead. Exercises and discussions led by faculty, staff, and upper-class student co-facilitators. Tuesday sessions will occur on 1/31, 2/7 & 2/14; Wednesday sessions will occur on 2/1, 2/8 & 2/115; Thursday sessions will occur on 2/2, 2/9 & 2/16. Weekend sections are on Sunday, 2/5, Saturday, 2/11 OR Saturday, 2/18 (Weekend sessions are longer and students only participate in one).
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Bakkegard, K. (PI)
;
Ehrlich, T. (PI)
EDUC 157: Education & Poverty: Research & Solutions
This year-long workshop focuses on current research regarding the relationship between poverty, schooling, and educational success. Invited speakers will discuss current research and strategies for improving the educational outcomes of low-income students. Students will read and discuss current research and discuss current strategies for improving education for low-income students. Students may enroll for one quarter at a time or for the entire year.
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
EDUC 165: History of Higher Education in the U.S. (AMSTUD 165, EDUC 265, HISTORY 158C)
Major periods of evolution, particularly since the mid-19th century. Premise: insights into contemporary higher education can be obtained through its antecedents, particularly regarding issues of governance, mission, access, curriculum, and the changing organization of colleges and universities.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Labaree, D. (PI)
EDUC 170: Preparation for Independent Public Service Projects
Open only to recipients of the Haas Summer Fellowship, which offers students the opportunity to initiate and carry out an innovative service project in collaboration with a community partner. Goal is to expand upon the work fellows did during the application process with respect to the feasibility and sustainability of their field projects.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Chow, V. (PI)
;
Douglas, H. (PI)
EDUC 171: Preschool Counts: Engaging Young Children in Math
Restricted to students who participate in a service learning program focused on early math learning. Training for activities in preschool classrooms. Focus is on the teaching of math to young children, but also includes background on issues related to young children's cognitive, language, and social development; classroom management; cultural diversity; and early childhood education programs. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Scott, R. (PI)
;
Stipek, D. (PI)
EDUC 173: Gender and Higher Education: National and International Perspectives (EDUC 273, FEMST 173, SOC 173, SOC 273)
This course examines the ways in which higher education structures and policies affect females, males, and students in relation to each other and how changes in those structures and policies improve experiences for females and males similarly or differently. Students are expected to gain an understanding of theories and perspectives from the social sciences relevant to an understanding of the role of higher education in relation to structures of gender differentiation and hierarchy. Topics include undergraduate and graduate education; identity and sexuality; gender and science; gender and faculty; and the development of feminist scholarship and pedagogy. Attention is paid to how these issues are experienced by women and men in the United States, including people of color, and by academics throughout the world, and how these have changed over time.
Last offered: Spring 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
EDUC 176: The Design of Technologies for Casual Learning - Lab
Lab. Studio-based, participatory, and user-centered development of casual learning technologies is explored, using the Apple iPhone as a prototype platform. The term "casual" is borrowed from casual gaming to denote that the learning technologies are meant for learners to use in "extreme informal" learning circumstances (while "on the go", "any time and any place"). The class builds on learning about and synthesizing knowledge, theory and development activity in four areas including learning theories, mobile technologies, games and participatory design processes.
EDUC 177A: Well-Being in Immigrant Children & Youth: A Service Learning Course (CHILATST 177A, CSRE 177E, HUMBIO 29A)
This is an interdisciplinary course that will examine the dramatic demographic changes in American society that are challenging the institutions of our country, from health care and education to business and politics. This demographic transformation is occurring first in children and youth, and understanding how social institutions are responding to the needs of immigrant children and youth to support their well-being is the goal of this course.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Padilla, A. (PI)
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