Education (EDUC) 301
Educational Issues and Social Change I:
Historical Social Perspectives

This version of EDUC 301 closed September 7, 2005. To current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study. Video component.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None, however, students are expected to have university-level analytical and writing skills.
Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies
Challenge for Credit: EDUC 301 has a Challenge for Credit option with professor approval.

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Overview

This course is designed to introduce you to an analysis of the development of Canadian education that takes account of historical, social, cultural, and philosophical influences. The course will help you develop an understanding of the origins of the Canadian public education system and demonstrate the historical roots of many contemporary education debates.

Outline

EDUC 301 is divided into the three units listed below.

  • Unit 1 The Evolution of Public Schooling
  • Unit 2 How Common was the Common School?
  • Unit 3 Stability and Change: Traditional vs. Progressive Education?

Evaluation

To receive credit for EDUC 301, you must achieve at least 50 percent on each written assignment. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Total
20% 30% 50% 100%

Course Materials

Textbooks

Titley, E.B. (Ed.) 1990. Canadian education: Historical themes and contemporary issues. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd.

Ghosh, R. and Ray, D. (Eds.) 1995. Social change and education in Canada, 3rd ed. Toronto: Harcourt Brace.

Other Material

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual and a reading file and a video: Istchenko, Vic. 1998. The mission school syndrome. [Whitehorse]: Northern Native Broadcasting, Yukon.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice.
Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

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