Detailed study of theoretical and policy topics and issues related to education studies. May be repeated for credit with different topics. May not be taken pass/fail.
| Distribution Area | Prerequisites | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 course |
Spring Semester information
Amy Sojot390A: AdvTps:Feelings, Things, and Bodies in Education
What does the learning moment feel like? This course explores the sensations of learning and how our interactions with everyday objects influence that process. We investigate historical and current debates of what it means to feel, know, and learn in education, with particular attention to the politics and ethics of feeling. In doing so, we interrogate narratives that reproduce hierarchies of ways of knowing in educational spaces as well as binary oppositions such as thinking-feeling, mind-body, subject-object, and human-nature. Speculative fiction, film, art, contemporary philosophies and theories in education and beyond, and other relevant materials--including the objects around us--inform our study.
Fall Semester information
Amy Sojot390A: Tps:Educational Futures
As an area of study, educational futures does not aim to predict the future. Instead, it imagines possible, probable, and preferable futures for education. This course takes a transdisciplinary and global approach to map social and political alternatives for educational futures. Particular emphasis is placed on the roles of education, schooling, and curriculum in world building. Through film, art, theory, current scholarship, and other relevant materials, we will develop intellectual and practical strategies to ethically and creatively address urgent challenges.