Education, Culture and Society

Description

This course is an introduction to foundational theories, concepts and processes in the study of education. Questions about power, justice and fairness will be examined with respect to educational inequalities. It will also examine what part social and cultural factors such as class, gender, disability, and ethnicity may play in maintaining unequal forms of education. Students will be introduced to theories about success and failure in education and their application to the examination of educational inequalities.