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Welcome to the EPS 201/202 Web site. This Web site was established in
January 1997. We hope you find this information
useful. Teachers make a difference in the lives of their students. EPS 201/202 seeks to engage students in a critical, integrated, cross-disciplinary analysis of the relationship between school and society. Central questions explored throughout the course are: Who should be educated? What knowledge and values should be taught? Who should control the curriculum and for what purposes? When, where, and how should education be delivered? Why have certain school policies and practices prevailed? LIBRARY E-RESERVES http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ereserves/show.asp?iID=246&cID=2389 READINGS WEEKS 1-7 (1-15) READINGS WEEKS 8-15 (2-14) SPRING 2008 COURSE INFORMATION (1-15) **1) Final Exam Schedule and 2) Final Exam EPS 201 STUDY GUIDE (4-24) and 3) ARENDS ARTICLE for final exam Click here for assigned readings and videos for Weeks 13 and 14 on SCHOOL REFORM TODAY Notes for 4-29 Handout for final class: Summary of Federal School Policy 4-22 and 4-24 Notes on Continuation of "A Nation at Risk and Goals 2000" and Handout on E. D Hirsch (4-24) Quiz 3 April 29 (Make-up quiz- Wednesday, April 30, 8 AM, 372 Education) 2 questions on Freire --critique of banking and explain Freire's views on the aims and methods of education ( see reading by Freire, and Handout 4-10), 2 questions on NCLB--define the diversity penalty in NCLB, tell how the diversity penalty impacted P.S. #48 in the Bronx, and explain choice and tutoring mechanisms, explain why choice and tutoring options were selected. Be prepared to answer all questions on your own, but you will be given a few minutes to collaborate with other students at the end of the quiz session. CRITERIA FOR GRADING EXAMS: Criteria for Grading Exams SEE Overheads in left column for all prior notes. FOLLOW UP ON GREG MICHIE'S VISIT: Greg Michie referenced this video about the teacher as hero stories "Nice White Lady" a Mad TV spoof on movies like Freedom Writers and Dangerous Minds. He also recommended "Girl Like Me" (an Urban Academy student did this film about the standards of beauty in our society, she reproduced the doll experiment used in the Brown v. Board Court Case, this segment is located about 3 minutes into the film). Film Clip on Urban Academy (3-25) What is the educational philosophy of teacher Jaime Escalante of "Stand and Deliver" fame? Click hear to listen to a 3 minute interview with teacher Jaime Escalante: http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/jaime_escalante/jaime_on_being_a_teacher/index.php   Week 1 Readings: Arends Kymlicka Links to Schools Sites for Week 1 1) Core Knowledge, Macon, Georgia 2) Inquiry-Based, Central Park East, New York, and 3) Social Justice High School, Little Village, Chicago. Examine the differences in vision and approach to education. FEDERAL INFLUENCE E.D. HIRSCH
JOHN DEWEY PAULO FREIRE GREG MICHIE Du Bois Brown v. Board Brown Family McLaurin Ruby Bridges
Looking to volunteer in a local school? One option is Vis-A-Vis: AskVisAVis@gmail.com Click here to find an analysis of film viewed in lecture (10-16) "Off Track"
IMPORTANT LECTURE LINKS AND COURSE RESOURCES Bitter Lesson: A Good School Gets an "F" NY Times January 11, 2006. P.S. 48 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/education/11education.html
Links to
Illinois State Board of Education School
Report Cards
Links How are state learning standards developed? Who decides? Video on the decision making process in Virginia
nScroll
down and choose Virginia: Defining History
CHARTS ON DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL QUALITY Look here to check out the standards for the subject area that you are most interested in teaching: Illinois Learning Standards www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/
Student Film Kansas State
University "If these
walls could talk" How would Freire respond? Greg Michie assessed this video about the hero stories: "Nice White Lady" Mad TV Spoof on the hero movies like Freedom Writers, and Dangerous Minds
Learning Standards: "Testing Our Schools" Latino Dropout Prevention Video http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june05/dropouts_4-26.html# Website for URBAN ACADEMY http://www.urbanacademy.org/ RESOURCE History of Education Timeline: http://www.cloudnet.com/%7Eedrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html Education websites of special interest: FYI Illinois State Board of Education: www.isbe.state.il.us/ FYI Illinois Learning Standards www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ To view Individual School Report Cards, go the Illinois State Board of Education site and click on Report Cards in the left hand column. Cartoons for teachers:
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