Social & Cultural Issues in Education  
EDFD 645
CLASS WEBPAGE for SPRING, 2008
Dr. Raymond W. "Donny" Lee, Jr.
Last Updated Thursday February 19, 2009

Note to Students: This schedule is tentative and is subject to change throughout the semester.  Additional web resources may be added as we go through the semester.  Students are encouraged to check this web page at least two times per week for updates. Students are responsible for all assignments listed on this web page.

 

HELPFUL LINKS

COURSE SYLLABUS (645)
SOCIAL & CULTURAL ISSUES LINKS
CULTURAL ANALYSIS MODEL 1
CULTURAL ANALYSIS MODEL 2
CRITICAL ANALYSIS JOURNAL
CRITICAL ANALYSIS JOURNAL MODEL
READER RESPONSE SHEET  (WORD)
READER RESPONSE SHEET (HTML)
LECTURE RESPONSE FORM (WORD))
LECTURE RESPONSE FORM (PDF)
WEB SITE REVIEW SHEET (WORD)
WEB SITE REVIEW SHEET (HTML)
SOCRATIC QUESTIONING TAXONOMY
INTERVIEW MODEL (PDF)
HOME PAGE

 

 

Date Topic Resources, Assignments, & Announcements
Jan 17 Introduction to course & Philosophical and Ideological Foundations
Bibliography for EDFD 645 (pdf)
Introduction to Social & Cultural Issues PPT (pdf)
Socratic Questioning and Thought PPT (pdf)
"How to Think Critically"
Jan 24 Philosophical and Ideological Foundations
"How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century"
Philosophical Foundations for Social & Cultural Issues PPT (pdf)
"Seven Men Who Rule from the Grave Paper"
Jan 31 Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Diversity ASSIGNMENT DUE: READER RESPONSE SHEET for "The Trouble with Diversity" by W.B. Michaels
Feb 7
Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Diversity, cont. 
Religious Life & Expression in the United States

                   

DUE: Reading Guide: Diversity: Invention of a Concept (Word) (pdf)
Web Source for Religious Demographics in PPT (American Ethnic Geography)
Web Source for How We View God in PPT (Time Magazine)
Web Source for Coast to Coast Challenges in PPT (Time Magazine)
"Spreading Islam in American Public Schools" by D. Pipes
"Christianity and Culture" by J. Solomon
New Religious America" by D. Eck
"Religion in America's Public Square: Are We Crossing the Line?"
"How to Think about Secularism by W. Pannenberg
"Unraveling of Christianity in America" by Orwin (WORD)
Feb 14

 
Religious Life & Expression in the United States, cont.
Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Multiculturalism

ASSIGNMENT DUE: READER RESPONSE SHEET for  New Religious America" by D. Eck
Feb 21 Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Multiculturalism, cont.
"Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat?" by D. D'Souza
Multiculturalism PPT (pdf)
Feb 28
Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Multiculturalism, cont.
 
Mar 6 Spring Break -- No Class  
Mar 13 ASI Speaker: Fred Gray, Administration Auditorium, 7:30. Arrive early. We will not meet for class in lieu of the speaker. Attendance Required. Please complete a Lecture Response Form (left) and bring to class on March 27.  
Mar 20
We will not meet this week. Complete the two reader response sheets indicated to the right which will be due on March 27 with reading guide.
"White Racism, White Supremacy, ..." by Omowale Akintunde
 "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"
Mar 27
 
Race and Ethnicity PPT (pdf)
"Whiteness Studies"
DUE: Lecture Response Form from Fred Gray
DUE: RRS for "White Racism....White Supremacy"
DUE RRS for "White Privilege..."
DUE: Reading Guide: Why Are All the Black Kids... (Word) (pdf)
Apr 3 We will not meet this week. Complete the two reader response sheets indicated to the right which will be due on April 10 with reading guide.
"The Overhauling of Straight America" by Traditional Values Coalition
"Gender Differences..." by Sax (note this is continued from the initial web page)
Apr 10
Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Race Theory, cont.
Pluralism & Its Corollaries: Gender & Sexual Orientation
Gender and Sexual Orientation PPt (PDF)
"Working with the Media" by GLSEN
Apr 17
Youth & Peer Culture 
Poverty
"The Multitasking Generation" Time
"All Work and No Play" Executive Summary (click on that link)
Youth Culture PPt (pdf)
Family PPt (pdf)
Part 1: Sociological, Anthropological, and Historical Perspectives of the Family
Part 2: The Postmodern Family
Apr 24
Family
DUE: Critical Analysis Journal for Payne
May 1
Poverty
Special Interest Groups, Curriculum, & Textbooks
Cultural Analysis Due
Poverty PPt (pdf)
DUE: Reading Guide for The Language Police (Word) (pdf)
May 8 Final Examination