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EDUC 298: Seminar on Teaching Introductory Computer Science

Faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students interested in teaching discuss topics raised by teaching computer science at the introductory level. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit

EDUC 299: Equity and Schooling

(Formerly EDUC 167.) Introduction to the theories and practices of equity and democracy in education. How to think about teaching and schooling in new ways; the individual moral and political reasons for becoming a teacher. (STEP)
Terms: Sum | Units: 2 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 302: Behavior Design: Connecting People to Nature

Students learn Behavior Design and practice applying the methods to change human behavior in measurable ways. In this particular course, all projects will focus on one theme: Connecting people to nature.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Fogg, B. (PI)

EDUC 303: Designing Learning Spaces

Project-based. How space shapes personal interactions and affords learning opportunities In formal and informal settings. How to integrate learning principles into the design of spaces and develop a rubric to assess the impact on learning.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Forssell, K. (PI)

EDUC 305: A Political Economy of the Mind

This course seeks categories and procedures for the appreciation, description, analysis, and reorganization of people in difficult circumstances. Examples from the history of fiction and classic political economy are used to explore the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. In depth attention to individual lives and daily struggles give fiction and economic theory more appropriately positive views of people without the advantages of schooling than most educational research. Readings include fiction by Defoe, Austen, Dickens, Hurston, and Morrison and economic visions from Smith, Marx, Veblen, Keynes, and Galbraith.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 306A: Economics of Education in the Global Economy

Case material considers development problems in the U.S. and abroad. Discussion sections on economic aspects of educational development.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 306B: The Politics of International Cooperation in Education

Education policy, politics, and development. Topics include: politics, interests, institutions, policy, and civil society; how schools and school systems operate as political systems; how policy making occurs in educational systems; and theories of development.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 306D: World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives (EDUC 136, SOC 231)

Theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the structural and cultural sources of educational expansion and differentiation, and on the cultural and structural consequences of educational institutionalization. Research topics: education and nation building; education, mobility, and equality; education, international organizations, and world culture.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 306Y: Economic Support Seminar for Education and Economic Development

Core economic concepts that address issues in education in developing and developed countries. Supply and demand, elasticity, discount rates, rate of return analysis, utility functions, and production functions. Corequisite: 306A. (Carnoy)
Terms: Aut | Units: 1 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

EDUC 307: Foundations and Contemporary Topics in Social-Educational Psychology (PSYCH 280)

At its core, social psychology is concerned with educational problems because it addresses the problem of how to change hearts and minds in lasting ways. This course explores the major ideas, theories, and findings of social psychology, their educational implications, and the insights they shed into how and when people change. There will be a focus on educational issues. Intersections with other disciplines, in particular social development and biology, will be addressed. Historical tensions and traditions, as well as classic studies and theories, will be covered. Graduate students from other disciplines, and advanced undergraduates, are welcome (class size permitting).
Terms: not given this year | Units: 2-4 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
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