EDUC 279: Politics of School Knowledge

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Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours

Catalog page 244

Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Examines how existing power relations and conflicts among social and cultural groups shape the content of curriculum and the production of school knowledge. Topics include the ideological aspects of curriculum, textbook controversies and battles over school curriculum, and representational issues in curriculum and knowledge production.

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