EDST 101: Introduction to Education Studies
This seminar will provide a space for newly declared education studies majors and minors to come together to develop as a cohort through learning about each other’s educational backgrounds and …
EDST 140L: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
This course explores theories and teaching methods related to learning English as a second language (ESL). Students will critically examine current and past “best practices” for teaching English to speakers …
EDST 210: Educational Gaming Lab: Project-based, Game-based Pedagogy Approaches
In the past two decades, crowdfunding and renewed interest in games (board games, role-playing games, digital games, and instructional games) have created an increased and diverse gaming production, which has …
EDST 221: Decolonizing Education
Who determines what is true and worth knowing? How has the construction of knowledge and academic traditions from across the globe been impacted by such phenomena as (post)modernity, (neo)colonialism, and …
SOC/FGSS 244: Feminist and Queer Theories of Social Reproduction
This course will introduce students to the study of social reproduction and power with an emphasis on feminist, queer, and transnational approaches to inquiry and action. We will begin by …
EDST 230: Schools in Society
What role have schools played in the evolution of American Society? What role could/should they play, going forward? This course takes a topical approach to these questions. We will explore …
EDST 253: Educational Psychology
This course will focus on three major topics and how they relate to current educational policy debates. The first topic will be an examination of the fundamental purpose of school. …
EDST 301: Senior Seminar in Education Studies
The senior seminar will provide a space for seniors in the education studies major, as a learning community, to reflect on and deepen their knowledge and understanding in core areas …
EDST 310: Practicum in Education Studies
This seminar is intended to help students develop the skills to learn from experience in educational settings, through rigorous reflection, analysis, scholarly inquiry into educational questions, and action/implementation of new …
EDST 311: Community Impact Practicum: Building Capacity to Support Educational Enrichment
In this practicum course, students will build an intellectual and practical framework to guide their volunteer work in educational settings in the local community. What does it mean to “help”? …
EDST 341G: Case Studies in Educational Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship, innovation, and reform are a defining part of the fabric of K-12 education in the US and other places, presenting opportunities and risks. For the first two months of …
