EDTR 212 - Contemporary Issues in Education: The American Perspective Honors

3 Credits.

Requires students to synthesize the historical context of the American education system with the trends and issues affecting today’s society. Students are presented with the materials and skills required to analyze the educational history that drives current issues and development in reform measure. Through intensive investigations of primary and secondary sources, field-based observations, interviews with current educational leaders, and Socratic seminars, student develop critical comprehension of the problematic matter of ensuring American students have effective public, private, and post-secondary educational systems. NOTE: Course offered once a year (fall or spring)

Prerequisite(s):

ENGL 101

and

EDTR 101

with grade of “B” or better or permission of the program coordinator or the coordinator’s designee