ED407

The Anthropology of Education

This is an introductory course, which will examine teaching and learning in a variety of settings--in family and community life and in the formal institutions of schools. Students will learn about the diversity of education within the society; and will reflect on their own education and that of others in American society. The primary goal of the course is to raise new questions about educational issues, which are often taken for granted as well as to provide a perspective from which these problems may be formulated and analyzed. The course goals are fourfold: 1) to provide an introduction to the concepts and methods of anthropology and the contribution they have made and can make to the study of the educational process, 2) to analyze the various anthropological frameworks used to study education, 3) to learn about the historical development of educational anthropology, and 4) to practice and develop proficiency in library research, critical reading, and written analysis.  

ED408

Education in the African American Community

This seminar examines the education of African-Americans from the colonial period through the 20th century. Topics include: segregation, desegregation and post-desegregation; relevant court cases such as Brown, Larry P. and Martin Luther King; the development, role, and current status of historically Black colleges; the role, status, and representation of African-American administrators and teachers; the movement for community control; philosophies of Black educational thought and curriculum; and the psychological, sociological, and anthropological theories used to explain schooling outcomes of African-American youth.

ED411

Observational Strategies in Studying, in Naturally Occurring Situations, Cultural Groups and Memberships

The study and practical application of methods of observing the richness of cultures in natural situations.  

ED412

Organizational Implications of Diversity in Higher Education

Looks at the changing nature of students in higher education and at the implications of these changes for how colleges and universities are organized and how they function. A variety of theoretical, research, and applied issues is addressed. Students wishing to investigate the impact of diversity on other levels of education are welcome to participate.    

ED413

Multicultural Children's Literature

This course provides close studies of landmark nineteenth-and twentieth-century children's books from throughout the English-speaking world. New books being published are screened and reviewed.  

ED414

Multicultural Children's Literature from Parallel Cultures

This course is designed to introduce students to a literature for children (ages 0-14) that reflect the similarities and distinctiveness of culture and history as experienced by children and families of the four major ethnic cultures in the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans. Students are expected to critically analyze and discuss themes in the literature and authors' perspectives as they reflect upon issues of authenticity, language, voice, stereotyping, representation, cannon and access. Students are challenged to develop strategies that incorporate this body of literature to help students to better understand and overcome the challenges they face.

ED415

Nonverbal Creativity in Cultural Contexts

Most of human intelligence behavior and creativity is, in fact, much more nonverbal than verbal. The seminar will examine, in practical and theoretical ways, similarities and differences in human verbal and nonverbal creativity intelligence and behaviors. Methods of discovering creativity in unusual moments and places in education. The practical next steps in education's use of these insights.  

ED416

Nonverbal Research, Semiotics and Systems

The seminar will examine the amazing interlock of verbal and nonverbal (that is, semiotic) understanding which we all possess but which, in differing degrees, highlight our learning and achieving styles.  

ED417

Cultural and Universal Semiotics  

Although we human beings, the students we teach, the children we raise, and the people with whom we work, have vast shared universal abilities, we also have individual and cultural components to our styles of work learning creativity which are difficult to examine but well worth the effort in the insights the effort provides.

ED419

Cultural and International Mismatches

Communication problems arising from cultural and personal factors occur numerous times in educational, home, and professional situations. Some of these problems are small, even unnoticeable by participants. Nevertheless, they may cause difficulties in an institution, a relationship, or an educational context. Other such "mismatches" have consequences that continue for long periods, even altering lives fundamentally. Using a model based on a theoretical position as well as analysis of a wide range of practical events, this seminar will present methods of analysis and understanding "mismatches,"a theoretical basis for unraveling factors that contribute to educational, cultural, and individual problems.  

ED420

Critical Community Studies for the 21 st Century    

This seminar is designed for students interested in developing service-learning and university-community partnerships as part of their teaching agendas in K-12 or college level education. It is also designed for students interested in community-based research. The seminar is organized around the theme of community building and asset-based and micro-history research. It will involve the exploration of case studies of successful university-community partnership and service-learning programs. Students will also be engaged in participatory action-research and other inquiry projects in their communities or in surrounding cities where the instructor is conducting her own research and has an association with the Pitzer in Ontario program. Counts as one research tool.  

ED421

Non-Verbal Research: Semiotics   

Nonverbal communication studies have developed into a substantial body of knowledge applicable to educational problems. This seminar examines areas of nonverbal research and their applications to educational issues.

ED425

African-American English in Society and Schools  

The focus of this course is African-American English and its place in society and the schooling enterprise. Particular attention will be given to the historical, linguistic, sociolinguistic, curricular, legal, and policy dimensions of African-American English. As a central aspect of this course, students will undertake a research project or develop and pilot a curriculum project. Familiarity with principles of linguistics, sociolinguistics, or language development is recommended.  

ED430

Cognitive Development and Education   

Deals with what is known about how individuals develop knowledge and how such development can be fostered in educational environments. Particular attention is given to cognitive developmental theories such as those of Piaget, Bruner, Kohlberg, Gilligan, and Perry, with less consideration given to research in information processing, cognitive psychology, and language development.

ED432

Child Development

Major theories and research in the field of human development during the first twelve years of life are reviewed in this seminar. Topics include physical growth and health, cognition and learning, parent-child attachment, family interaction, motivation, and socialization in school and community.    

ED433

Adolescent Development    

This course offers a review of major theories and research findings about human development during the adolescent years. Topics include: physiological growth, personality development, cognitive changes, social relationships, and socialization.  

ED434

Adult Development

Major theories, research findings, methodological issues, and current trends concerning human development during the adult years are addressed. Topics include conceptualizations of adulthood and development, concepts of self, adult learning, career and family development, and physical and mental health, with an important integration of race, class, and gender issues.

ED437

Writing for Professional Publication

The purpose of this course is for students to become familiar with the process of academic writing from the brainstorming stage to the actual submission of an article to a peer-refereed journal. Particular emphases will be placed on (a) the structure of journal articles; (b) the writing process; and (c) the process of writing and submitting journal articles.  

ED438

Learning and Pedagogical Theories in Social, Economic, and Cultural Contexts

Theories of learning, socio-political and economic conditions, and pedagogical assumptions are powerful elements in shaping the classroom and school experience of students and teachers. This seminar will examine the theoretical assumptions and practices of a number of pedagogies, including behaviorism, constructivism, and critical, feminine, and postmodern pedagogies. These learning theories, socio-political assumptions, and pedagogies will be examined from childhood to adulthood and in the contexts of social justice and accountability.  

ED439

The Great Debate Revisited: The History of Reading Instruction in the U.S.

The purpose of this course is to examine the history of reading instruction in the U.S. Particular emphasis will be placed on (a) how politics have influenced reading trends; (b) the whole language/phonics debate; and (c) literacy instruction for learners from non-mainstream backgrounds.     

ED441

Breaking the Cycle of Predictability

Students will examine the current situation of populations of students who have been historically unsuccessful in our schools. The class will explore factors that have contributed to this cycle of predictability and develop practices that can break such cycles. The core of this class examines the issues that affect students of color and students whose primary language is other than English. This course is designed for teacher interns, but open to all students.  

ED444

Introduction and Implementation of Curricular Innovations

This course asks students to examine, improve, and design curricular innovations that impact underperforming students. The content of the course focuses on curricular innovations since 1983. Moving from thought into action is the operational theme of this course.  

ED446

Developing Transformative School Cultures

ED447

Pedagogy and the Politics of Sexuality

ED450

Dilemmas in American Higher Education   

This seminar will focus on five complex sets of issues with which colleges and universities are struggling-issues that must be addressed more effectively in the proximate future. These are: Achieving diversity and multiculturalism while preserving academic freedom, balancing demand and supply in the academic labor market, balancing teaching and research, improving campus governance and planning, and solving public policy conundrums.

ED451

Leadership, Governance and Change in the Community Colleges

Students will have the opportunity to apply theory into practice through the lens of the community college experience and prepare for leadership roles at various levels of an institution. The core values of the community college movement are examined as they play out in leadership dilemmas, common governance structures, and the way these institutions respond to change.  

ED452

The New "U": The Academy and the Academic Profession in a New Era

This seminar, offered for the first time, examines the forces that are transforming higher education and fashioning a "new university." Our inquiry will span the changing nature of academic work, the potential impact of futuristic technologies, the effect of emerging new providers, the threat to tenure, the significance of mutating accreditation standards, and the contest over intellectual property interests. We will ask: What are the implications for the new university for quality, diversity, equity, differentiated institutional missions, and academic careers?  

ED454

Inquiry and Research: Preparing Dissertation Proposals

This seminar is designed to assist students in developing a dissertation proposal. It is particularly attentive to the needs of students planning empirical research in school and college settings.   Ordinarily, the course is taken in the second year of the doctoral program. Successful completion satisfies one research tool requirement.    

ED455

Adult Education

Beginning with a summary of psychological research about adult learning, the seminar includes discussion of alternative educational models for adult students and the implications of the models for administrators, faculty, and educators. The seminar is intended for students involved with adult learners as instructors or administrators with a commitment to continued work in adult education at some level. Familiarity with theories of adult development required, particularly the work of Erikson, Levinson, and Gilligan.  

ED456

Public Policy Dimensions of Higher Education    

Examines the public policy context within which higher education decision-making takes place. Selected current policy issues that influence the structure and direction of American higher education are addressed. Examples include the roles of state and federal governments, political process, and public policy aspects of such issues as access to higher education (both in admission and in employment), accreditation, labor-management relations, and the impact of government-sponsored research on curricula.  

ED457

Economics of Higher Education

This seminar will examine contemporary public policy issues central to the future of higher education, including the impact of federal and state budget constraints on higher education finance; education among national investment priorities; impact of demographic trends on the demand for higher education; tuition pricing, student aid, and the ability to pay for college; productivity, accountability, and cost containment; benefits of higher education; and the role of higher education in workforce preparation. Study of the economics and finance of higher education is intended to help students prepare for planning and decision-making responsibilities on campuses, as well as to participate in policy development processes in public arenas. Special emphasis will be placed on the impact of information technology on the economics and finance of higher education.    

ED458

American Faculty in Transition

This seminar provides an examination of the historical and contemporary roles, characteristics, performance, and work environment of faculty members at American colleges and universities. Attention is given to faculty careers (training, recruitment, mobility, and compensation), participation in governance, and the outlook for the professoriate.    

ED459

Historical & Philosophical Foundations of American Higher Education   

This seminar explores major trends in American higher education from colonial times to the present. Attention is given to the political, social, and economic contexts within which American higher education has evolved and to the philosophical orientation of colleges and universities as manifested primarily in their curricula.  

ED460

College Student Development

Examines developmental processes in the American college student. Focuses on psychological and social dimensions of the college experience, emphasizing identity formation, value development, social interaction, mental health, commitment, and competence. Seminars include presentations by various faculty members and student services personnel.  

ED461

The College Student Experience

This course focuses on the college student experience. Special consideration is given to the changing demographics in society and in higher education, the diversity of students coming into higher education, and implications for colleges and universities.  

ED462

Governance and Politics of Higher Education

Investigates the patterns and dynamics of governing institutions of higher education and the means by which colleges and universities seek to influence the formulation of policies that affect them. Topics include the organization and management of colleges and universities, institutional change, and the political arena.  

ED464

Institutional Planning, Change and Assessment in Educational Settings

This seminar provides an overview of current theories, limitations, and issues related to planning in a variety of educational settings including topics and research related to assessing organizational effectiveness, performance indicators, and student learning outcomes. The context for the course will be a wide variety of educational settings especially higher education and schools.  

ED465

Quantitative Research Methods

This course is a thorough introduction to the acquisition and analysis of educational research data. Topics include: conceptualizing a research problem, methods of gathering data, interview and questionnaire construction, coding and structuring data, descriptive statistics, statistical inference concepts, contingency tables/chi square analysis, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, correlation and bivariate regression. Conceptual foundations of these techniques rather than formulas are emphasized; the course can accommodate students with minimal mathematics backgrounds.  

ED466

Quantitative Research Practicum

This course provides an opportunity for the Ph.D. student to conduct a complete empirical investigation utilizing the conceptual material and techniques acquired in ED465. Students will be expected to develop a research problem based on a study of the literature, design a questionnaire that addresses the research questions and operationalizes the variables, develop a sampling plan, distribute the questionnaires with appropriate follow-up mailings, develop coding guides and enter the data onto a computer, develop an analysis plan, conduct analyses, and write a research report. In conjunction with the analysis phase, students will be instructed in the use of statistical software, specifically the Windows version of SPSS. Seminar papers should be of publishable quality. The prerequisite for this course is ED465 or the equivalent.  

ED467

Applied Multivariate Analysis

This course includes a thorough treatment of the conceptual basis, mathematics, and applications of multiple regression. An introduction to multiple linear path analysis is included. Students are asked to implement these techniques with research data. Prerequisites: Education 466 and a prior quantitative methods or intermediate statistics course, including the study of SPSS, or other computer packages.  

ED468

Narrative Inquiry and Storytelling

This seminar is devoted to an in-depth examination of social and neuro-biological theories and practices involved in what has been deemed "the narrative turn in the human sciences." The methods to be studied involve critically contextualizing, attending, facilitating the telling, transcribing, analyzing, and reading individual and group stories. The impact of storytelling on memory and cognitive functioning will also be explored. Satisfactory completion of this course will fulfill a research tool requirement.  

ED469

Advanced Statistical Analysis

Multivariate techniques presented include multiple linear path analysis, factor analysis, discriminant function analysis, and canonical correlation analysis.   Students are expected to prepare a research paper in which they apply two of these multivariate techniques to secondary data.   Prerequisite:   ED467 or equivalent.  

ED472

Educational Assessment Methods

An exploration of techniques for evaluating and assessing educational outcomes, including student learning, curriculum effects, teacher competency, and the impact of large-scale programs. Emphasis will be placed upon traditional forms of educational testing and research design, including both quantitative and qualitative techniques, in order to provide students with the necessary skills to conduct their own research and to understand the policy and equity issues surrounding educational reform movements. Statistical skills are encouraged but not required. Satisfactory completion satisfies one research tool requirement.    

ED474

Qualitative Research

The course is designed to give you first-hand experience in applying several different qualitative research strategies in work settings. The emphasis is on practical methods that anyone can apply in relatively short period of time, and that can provide the investigator with new and useful perspectives about organizational events. Although we will consider some assumptions of the naturalistic perspective and of particular methods, the course will not concentrate on theory or on large-scale or long-term qualitative research projects.  

ED475

Conducting and Writing Research for Educational Journals

This seminar is intended for students who have completed a research study and want to write it up and submit it to educational journals. Participants will examine various kinds of journals, learn about the review process, read and critique manuscripts that have been submitted to journals, and write and present multiple drafts of their manuscripts for comment and critique-criticism by seminar participants. Students will complete and submit to a journal a manuscript of publishable quality.  

ED482

Organizational Design and Strategies

This seminar introduces the literature on organizations and builds its discussions around how to use social research in analyzing and understanding how organizations function. In addition to grounding in the "classics," this spring's seminar will emphasize contemporary works dealing with learning organizations. These are organizations that learn from their experience, self-correct, and over time become more intelligent.  

ED483

Organizing Education

This seminar introduces the literature on organizations and builds its discussions around how to use social research in analyzing and understanding how organizations function. In addition to grounding in the "classics," this spring's seminar will emphasize contemporary works dealing with learning organizations. These re organizations that learn from their experience, self-correct, and over time become more intelligent.  

ED486

Organizational Development in a Quantum Universe

Students will examine the impact of systems thinking on organizational development. What happens to organizations that choose to move away from the Newtonian worlds is the central core of this course. Several system-wide reform efforts will be examined from an organizational context. Readings will include works by Capra, Wheatley, Lovelock, Margulis, and Bateson in the areas of physics, ecology, psychotherapy, and management.  

ED487a

Claremont Education Policy Seminar:   Community Organizing and Education Reform

This seminar examines recent efforts to reform public schools in California and the implication of these efforts for those who work in schools and those who attend them. After a basic grounding in educational policy analysis and policy making, the seminar will hear from guest speakers who have led reforms or analyzed their results.    

ED491

Labor Relations in Schools and Colleges

This course provides a substantive understanding of educational labor relations.   It provides an understanding of "the labor question" through the literature on unions in social context. Second, it explores contemporary labor relations problems facing both unions and management. Third, it provides an introduction to collective bargaining:   the legal context involved particularly in California, and the practice and tactics of negotiation in an educational setting.  

ED492

Narrative Research and Pedagogy        

This seminar is devoted to an in-depth examination of the theories and practices involved in what has been deemed "the narrative turn in the human sciences." It is also devoted to a consideration of the possible uses of narratives in educational settings. The methods to be studied involve: critically contextualizing, attending, facilitating the telling, transcribing, analyzing, and reading experience. Special attention will be given to narrative research/pedagogical work within immigrant communities and with victims and perpetrators of violence. Students will participate in a collective narrative research project or will receive assistance with their own individual narrative projects. Satisfactory completion oft his course will fulfill a research tool requirements.  

ED501

Leadership in the Urban Schools (2 units)   

Open to Urban Education students only  

ED503

School Leadership Teams - New Paradigm of Leadership

ED506

Philosophy and Education       

An examination of the major philosophic perspectives that have informed education, with special emphasis on contemporary theories and themes. Participants will have considerable choice as to which themes and readings they pursue.  

ED507

Other Ways of Living, Learning, and Dying  

This seminar complements and challenges Western-oriented mainstream approaches to human development and educational practice. This year we will draw insights from selected indigenous (Mesoamerican and Pueblo) psychologies, diasporic (Afro-Caribbean) traditions, and archetypal psychology. We will also draw from Eastern spiritual disciplines such as Buddhism and Taoism and from contemporary psycho-physical educational and research technologies (Heartmath, Neurogenesis, and Somatic Education).    

ED508

Implications of Judeo-Christian Principles and Practices for Educators in a Diverse Society

"Make justice your sacrifice" is an admonition of the Lord spoken through Isaiah, and Christ teaches that God desires justice and not simply a form of religiosity.   Applying these and other principles of Christianity and the concomitant spiritual disciplines, we will seek answers to questions such as: How do we apply these principles and spiritual disciplines.  

ED509

Science, Technology, and Education

This seminar focuses on mathematics and science education (MSE), and on the links between scientific research and education. MSE at all levels will be considered:   elementary, middle school, secondary and postsecondary. Topics to be covered will include: the meaning of scientific literacy; international assessments of educational achievement; expectations, self-concept and aspirations, special issues affecting women, students of color, and students from poverty; undergraduate restructuring; calculus reform; links between education, scientific research, and the economy; the funding, management, and evaluation of scientific research; and developing successful research proposals.  

ED511

Writing Books for Children

This writer's workshop involves understanding and creating works of fiction and non-fiction that meet the interests and needs of developing young minds. Original manuscripts are taken through the various stages of the writing process, from pre-writing through submission for publication.  

ED514

Readings in Ancient and Contemporary Philosophies 

ED516

Critical Issues in Education

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce participants to a range of philosophic perspectives and critical issues in the academy that are working to shape education. For example, issues of race, language, culture, values, accountability, etc. have proponents and critics from left to right, including proponents of modernism, postmodernism, post colonialism, liberalism, critical theory, communitarianism, among others. The stated mission of the CGU School of Education is to prepare "educational leaders who are broadly and critically informed." This course offers participants opportunities to better understand and engage classic and contemporary perspectives that may resonate or conflict with their perspectives to assist in further study and the development of strategies for working toward educational transformation. Readings will be drawn from such authors as Fanon, Freire, Etzioni, Cummins, Hirsch, Chomsky, Rodriquez, Solzhenitsyn, Frankl, Weil, West, Greene, Wolfe, Sowell, Asante, Rashid, Said, and many others.  

ED517

The Study of Non-Verbal Intelligence, Creativity, and their Cultural Aspects

This seminar will examine the nonverbal features of learning, intelligence, creativity, etc. The use of observational research methods and application to education will be included.  

ED 521

Children's Literature and the Oral Tradition

Study of the long tradition of transmitting knowledge and cultural values through oral renditions of stories, ballads, rhymes, urban fables, etc. Exploration of modern techniques of storytelling, creative dramatics, and other methods of oral presentation.    

ED523

Wisdom Traditions, the New Sciences, and Compassionate Teaching   

A highly interactive seminar for educators devoted to exploring implications of selected wisdom traditions (Mystical Christianity, Islam, indigenous spiritualities, Buddhism, and Taoism) as well s new science perspectives (chaos theory, quantum physics, and bring and heart research) for a teaching and curricular practice grounded in compassion.  

ED526

Introduction to Critical Theory and Social Justice in Education

This seminar will review historic and contemporary efforts to address social justice issues in schools and universities. Using Freire's work as our starting point, participants will read from a variety of classic and contemporary sources elucidating structures and mindsets in education and other institutions that continue to recreate social inequities by race, class and gender.

ED527

Advanced Community Studies and Research

A tutorial for students interested in conducting research on communities in general and community building and education strategies in particular. Students will be trained in utilizing an asset-based research and reporting model as well as in using selected methods such as focus group, narrative, and cooperative inquiry.  

ED529

Readings in Philosophy of Education:   Socrates to Freire

An examination of philosophic perspectives that have shaped education across the centuries, cultures and worldviews. Participants will be encouraged to apply these multiple perspectives to contemporary themes and issues. Seminar format. Limited to ten participants.       

ED535

Proseminar for Action Research (2 units)  

Open to Urban Administration Ph.D. students only  

ED535A

Leadership and Organizational Development (2 units)

Course designed to allow students to learn to design curricular strategies for diverse learners, develop resources for urban schools, construct indicator systems linked to student achievement, and develop transactional evaluation practices. (open only to Urban Administration cohort).  

ED535B

Proseminar for Action Research (2 units)

ED535C

Proseminar for Action Research (2 units)

(Open to urban administration Ph.D. students only)  

ED535D

Leadership in Organizational Development (2 units)   

(Open to urban administration Ph.D. students only)  

ED536A

Seminar in Urban Education Literature (2 units)

This course introduces meta-issues that leaders in urban settings must effectively engage. It provides students an awareness of important indicator systems. (Open to urban administration Ph.D. students only)  

ED536B

Seminar in Literature Related to Urban Education

(Open to urban administration Ph.D. students only)  

ED536C

Seminar of Literature Related to Urban Education     

This course introduces meta-issues that leaders in urban settings must effectively engage. It provides students an awareness of important indicators systems. 

ED536D

Seminar of Literature Related to Urban Education  

ED538

Understanding Classroom Situated Learning (2 units)

This course positions the classroom as the critical environment for improved results in urban schools. The environment for improved results in urban schools and posits the role of teaching to break or sustain the reproduction of inequity. The content of the course provides leaders with information, tools, and strategies to create supportive structures for powerful learning. 

ED539

Creating Learning Organizations (2 units)   

This course introduces meta-issues that leaders in urban setting must effectively engage.   It provides candidates in the program an understanding of the importance of indicator systems:   outcomes of success, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and community mapping processes. The course helps leaders gain an understanding of the educational importance of "place" and context.   Open to Urban Administration students only.      

ED540

The Community Context of Urban Education (2 units)

Urban Ed students only 

ED541

Curricular Strategies for Diverse Learners (2 units)

(Open only to Urban Administration cohort students.)

This course will concern itself with instructional issues in the core subject areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Humanities. The Saturday classes will provide the theory and practice of accelerating learning for students who reside in urban communities. Each session will be presented by practitioners who are currently engaged in the implementation of improved practices associated with each subject. The entire class will be charge with the development of a tool kit for each of the subjects. Contents of the tool kits include strategies from the presenters and strategies that emerge from the collective expertise of the cohort. These strategies are to be scaffolded on the needs of diverse students that make-up the student population of urban schools in Southern California.

ED542

Developing Resources for Urban Schools   (2 units)

(Open only to urban administration cohort students.)

This course will concern itself with the development and use of common pools of resources that include human, geographical/ecological, and fiscal resources. Presenters will address strategies that enable schools to maximize resources around key purposes of schooling from national, state, and local platforms. Cohort members will develop a resource book that takes advantage of the ideas, locations, and access levers that are presented in the class. Each member of the cohort will be expected to contribute to the resource manual.

ED543

Construction and Use of Indicator Systems for Student Achievement (2 units)

(Open only to Urban Administration cohort students.)

ED544

Developing Transactional and Sensemaking Evaluation Practices (2 units)

ED545B

Christianity and Educational Philosophies

Worldviews prominent in the academy since the enlightenment have shaped education broadly defined. This course will offer participants the opportunity to conduct a critical analysis of the differences between the worldview of Biblical Judeo-Christianity and one or more worldviews developed since the beginning of the "enlightenment," for example, existentialism, modernism, humanism, structuralism, and post-modernism. Worldviews produce particular forms of philosophic analysis, literary criticism, political theory, scientific discovery, art, religion, and pedagogy. These in turn determine our definition of justice, knowledge, wisdom, and understanding and shape curriculum and instruction from higher education to elementary schools. The course will be conducted as a working seminar where participants actively work together in the analysis of particular worldviews. Participants must have a working knowledge of Biblical Judeo-Christianity, and students from disciplines outside of education are welcome. Permission of instructor is required.    

ED548

Semiotic Analysis

This seminar will use the analysis of recent films to understand the creative use of nonverbal and verbal (semiotic) media. A principal will be our learning about the practical use of such education and the consequence of learning, imagination, and information of H.M. McLuhan's "Global (media) village."  

ED549

Research Seminar in Education Reform

This seminar is designed to support students who are engaged in research about education reform, either in elementary-secondary schools or in higher education. The research may be a student's individual project (for a qualifying examination or dissertation project) or it may be part of a larger group research project. Students interested in curriculum, organizational, or governance reforms are welcome. The seminar will provide guidance regarding methodology and design, underlying literature, reading and critiquing research reports, identifying and applying for research funds, and publishing results from research projects. Emphasis on each topic will depend on the needs and interests of seminar members .  

ED551

People on the Move: Migrants, Refugees, and Nomads in the United States

In this seminar we will explore the implications for educators of globalization dynamics, transnational population movements and U.S. immigration laws. We will do so by contrasting several contemporary diasporas from Mexico/Central America, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe. Special attention will also be paid fo the migration of seasonal laborers, indigenous and environmental refugees and of survivors of war and political torture. Also highlighted will be the impact of transnational migration on the developmental processes of children and youth and on families as well as selected national and international educational and psychotherapeutic programs to heal the wounds of war, terror, and displacement. 

ED553

Capstone Course in Community Education and Teaching (2 units)  

ED554

Alternatives/Challenges to Conventional Public Schooling

This seminar is devoted to examining alternatives to conventional public schooling such as charter schools, private schools, vouchers, and unschooling. We will also discuss alternative pedagogical practices derived from wisdom traditions (vipassana meditation), the new sciences (brain/heart-based teaching), neo-holistic educational practices (affective education and somatopedia), and service learning models. 

ED555

Designing Causalities: Real Time, Real Problems, Real Solutions

Students in this class will engage in actual problems by learning how to make sense of quantitative and qualitative data, identify promising and proven practices that address the problem(s); and design action research constructs that will assess the implementation of solutions. In addition students will develop skills and familiarity with two software programs--SPSS and Hypersearch--that facilitate the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.  

ED557

Holistic Philosophy as a Way of Teaching and Learning

This highly interactive seminar will present Western and Eastern conceptions of philosophy that accompany the trajectory of the theory and practice of holistic education. Special attention will be paid to the contribution of the new sciences, selected ancient philosophical schools and wisdom traditions, and contemporary critical theories to the general development of holistic pedagogies. Also highlighted by guest speakers and videos will be specific illustrations of the application of these holistic pedagogies in classrooms and in disenfranchised communities in different parts of the world.       

ED558

Stories and Storytelling in Cross-Cultural Education and Research

This seminar will draw on the wisdom of storytellers from the Americas, Africa, and Asia to understand the workings of the individual and collective psyche. The seminar will build on the tradition of depth psychology and on the instructor's oral culture and clinical/research experience to assist students in interpreting familiar and mythic stories as well as contemporary movie plots for psychological insights. Through storytelling and discussion we will examine how stories, as well as movie scripts, reflect psychological dynamics. We will also inquire into how in working with story metaphors we can improve our students' understanding of race, class, gender, and nationality dynamics, and encourage them to explore new options, evoke personal qualities such as courage and compassion, and experience a sense of belonging, purpose, and significance. In addition, we will examine different inquiry strategies to assess our work with stories and to design and implement research agendas where stories are both the subject and object of inquiry. Among the stories and movie scripts that we will explore in the seminar are: selected Native American and Yoruba creation stories, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, E.T., Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Crouching Tiger-Hidden Dragon, as well as popular accounts based on the events of September 11 th .       

ED559

Contemporary Leadership Issues in Community Colleges      

This seminar will focus on contemporary leadership issues faced in community college settings. Students will engage in researching the literature and evaluating practice in such areas as the use of part time faculty, tenure and short term community needs; the perennial issues of transfer and the move to become baccalaureate granting institutions; preparation for leadership positions and the instability of staff as a result of retirements and resignations; governance issues; student goal differences and accountability; workforce training for the 21st century.    

ED560

Access to College

In this course we will examine various policies, practices, and barriers that affect access to higher education. Topics to be covered through readings, discussion, and/or assignments include structural and cultural factors that impact access; the linkages between K-12 education and college access; the meaning of access across higher education institutions; recent policy and legal decisions barring affirmative action and proposed alternatives to affirmative action; and the individual, institutional, and societal benefits of access to higher education. 

ED561

Using Literature to