The BA/MAT 3+2 program
is
designed to offer Bard undergraduates a path to a Master of Arts in Teaching
and
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MAT ED151 PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT |
Rachel Cavell |
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6:00pm-7:15pm |
HEG 308 |
This course is designed for Bard undergraduates who
are working in one of the college’s many educational outreach programs, and who
wish to deepen their inquiry into issues of pedagogical theory, as well as the
various other educational, cultural, social and ethical issues that arise in
the educational context. In particular, we will consider:
·
What are our personal and professional aspirations as
tutors and mentors?
·
What are the real world, practical constraints we must
remain mindful of in our community engagement, and why?
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How can our community engagement be both
learner-centered and collaborative?
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How do issues of culture and context (ours and our
students’) affect learning?
·
What are the social and ethical issues involved in
supporting someone’s learning?
Throughout the course, we will emphasize close reading
and writing as a means of engaging content across the curriculum, and we will
workshop problems of practice that participants encounter in their educational
outreach work. This course is recommended for tutors and mentors in all
TLS education programs. It will be graded pass/fail and carries two credits
(non-distributional). Class
size: 22
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MAT ED512 IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND THE CLASSROOM |
Michael Sadowski |
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6:00pm-8:20 pm |
RKC 101 |
This course examines the myriad factors that
influence adolescent identity development, particularly as these have an effect
on students’ learning, interaction, and engagement in school. Drawing on
various readings in psychology, ethnography, and education research, the course
places special emphasis on power dynamics in American society with regard to
race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, class, immigration, ability, and
other factors. We consider such questions as: “How might an
adolescent’s identity development be influenced by one or more of these
factors?” “What experiences with these cultural forces do students bring to
school, and how might these experiences affect their learning?” “How do school
cultures mirror and/or reinforce the power structures and attitudes that exist
around these issues in the larger society?” The purpose of the course is not to
come up with fixed answers to these questions; rather, it is to help participants
ask informed and essential questions about how these issues might play out in
schools, in society, and in individual adolescents’ lives. This course is
cross-listed with the MAT program for 3+2 students. Class size: 16