EDUC 131. Social and Cultural Perspectives on Education


In this seminar, students examine schools as institutions that both reflect and challenge existing social and cultural patterns of thought, behavior, and knowledge production. Seminar participants study and use qualitative methods of research and examine topics including the aims of schooling, parent/school/community interaction, schooling and identity development, and classroom and school restructuring.
Prerequisite: EDUC 014  and an additional course in the 060s.
Social sciences.
Writing course.
2 credits.
Eligible for ESCH.
Catalog chapter: Educational Studies  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/educational-studies


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