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January 14 Session 1

• Welcome to ED556 Curriculum Studies
• Introductions
• Dr. Shutkin

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 NO CLASS MLK DAY OBSERVED 

 

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January 28 Session 2 

 

Reading:

1. Ravitch (2010) pp. 1-14. 
2. Pinar (2012) pp. 15-42.
3. Dewey (1938) pp. 9-23. 

 

Assignment Due:

• WebLog 1
• WebLog2

 

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February 4 Session 3

Readings:

1. Grumet, M. (1990). Retrospective: Autobiography and the analysis of Educational Experience. Cambridge Journal of Education, 20(3), 321-325.
2. Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter two, section one:  To Run The Course: Currere. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 43-49. 

 

Assignment Due: WebLog 3

 

Discussion:

• BlogPost3
• The four moments of currere. 
• The Pleasure of the text and BlogPost4

 

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February 11 Session 4   What does/could it mean to think curriculum as a verb?

Noteworthy: 

• WebPost5 (for next week)

Readings:

1. Ravitch (2010) Chapter 2: pp. 15-30.
2. Dewey (1938) Chapter 2: pp. 25-32. 

Assignment Due: WebLog 4

 

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February 18  Session 5

 

Noteworthy:

Let's look ahead to the proposal...

 

Readings: 

• Ravitch (2010) Chapters 3 & 4: pp. 31-67. 
• A Nation At Risk
• Berliner, D. and Biddle, B. (1995) The Manufactured Crisis.  Chapter One: Thinking about Education in a Different Way. New York : Addison-Wesley Publishing. pp. 1-12. 
• Berliner, D. and Biddle, B. (1995) The Manufactured Crisis.  Chapter Two: Myths about Achievement and Aptitude. New York : Addison-Wesley Publishing. pp. 13-64.

 

Assignment Due: WebLog 5

 

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February 25  1  Session 6

Readings: Kliebard (2004) Chapters 1, 2, 3: pp. 1-75

 

Assignment Due: WebLog6

Please prepare a brief discussion (3-5 minutes) of ideas / themes you are developing / considering for your research proposal. Include at least one reference (article / book chapter / etc.) to share.

 

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March 2-10  NO CLASSES SPRING BREAK

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March 11  Session 7

 

Announcement: holistic assessment rubric

Reading:

Dewey (1938) Chapters 3, 4, & 5:  pp. 33-66.

Discussion:

1. Review and record the rules for the writing circle.
2. Individual reflection:  Begin the writing circle process.
3. Debrief as a class. 

 

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March 18 Session 8

 

Reading:

Bullough, R. and Pinnegar, S. (2001) Guidelines for quality in autobiographical forms of self-study research. Educational Researcher. 30 (3). 13-21.

 

Event: Case Western Reserve University's F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture

Kwame Anthony Appiah, speaker

Severance Hall 

 

Assignment Due:  Essay Proposal 

 

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session 9 

 

March 25  NO CLASS Erev Pesach (First Night of Passover)

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April 2  Session 10   (This is a Tuesday and Monday classes are scheduled to meet)

 

Readings:  

Saar, M. (2008). Understanding Genealogy: History, Power, and the Self. Journal of the Philosophy of History. 2 (3). 295-314.

 

Assignment Due:  Peer Review  

 

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April 8  Session 11

 

Readings:

Ravitch (2010) Chapters 5, 6, 7: pp. 69-147. 

Agenda:

• Discussion
• Writing Circles

 

Assignments Due: 

1. Conferences  By end of day on this date, you need to have met with me to discuss your proposal and directions for your final essay.
2. Writing Circle Post1 

 

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April 15  Session 12

Readings:

• Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter Three: The Defeat of Democracy. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 69-101.
• Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter Four:  Mortal Educational Combat. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 102-131.

Assignments Due:  Writing Circle Post2 

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April  22  Session 13

Readings:   

Assignments Due: Writing Circle Post3 

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April 29  Session 14

 

Readings:     Shutkin, Present of the Future draft essay

 

 

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May 6  Session 15  Assignment Due:  Final Essay

 

 

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