Course Schedule

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Class Meeting Date
(11Am EST)
TopicMaterialsAssignments DuePpts
Aug 31Introduction to Sociology, Syllabus, and Core ConceptsNONEIntro Survey
Sep 7No ClassNONENONE
Sep 14 Class, Capitalism, and Socioeconomic Status in Education1) Watch: Schools and Social Inequality
2) Watch: Grading is Capitalist Conditioning
3) Read: Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work
4) Read: “I Need Help!”
Summary 1
(9/14/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 1
(9/15/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#1
Sep 21Control and Discipline1) Watch: Public School, the Fixation of Belief, and Social Control
2) Read: Tools for Success
3) Read: “Tuck in that Shirt!”
Summary 2
(9/21/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 2
(9/22/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#2
Sep 28School to Prison Pipeline1) Watch: School Police
2) Watch: School to Prison Pipeline, Explained
3) Read: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices
4) Read: Suspended
Summary 3
(9/28/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 3
(9/29/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#3
Oct 5No Class
Oct 12Race and Racism in Education1) Watch: School Segregation
2) Watch: Racial Inequality Within Education
3) Read: Naming Racism
4) Read: Beyond Cultural Mismatch Theory
Summary 4
10/12/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 4
(10/13/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#4
Oct 19Disability and Ableism1) Watch: Social Model of Disability
2) Watch: Learning Disabilities are a Social Construct
3) Read: What Learning Disability Does
Summary 5
(10/19/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 5
(10/20/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#5
Oct 26Bilingual and Latinx Education1) Watch: Translanguaging, Bilingualism, and Education
2) Watch: The Gentrification of Bilingual Education
3) Read: What is Neoliberalism?
4) Read: Resisting the Coke-ification of Bilingual Education
Summary 6
(10/26/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 6
(10/27/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#6
Nov 2Heteronormativity and Gender in Education

Methods Day
1) Watch: Heteronormativity in Education
2) Watch: Transgender Rights II
3) Read: Institutionalizing Heteronormativity and Masculinity
Summary 7
(11/2/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 7
(11/3/2023 @ 11:59pm)
Methods Guide (11/9/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#7
Nov 9

Indian Boarding Schools, Colonization, and Indigenous Education

Asian American Education and the Model Minority Myth
1) Watch: Unseen Tears Pt. 1
2) Watch: Unseen Tears Pt. 2
3) Watch: Unseen Tears Pt. 3
4) Watch: Asian Americans (LWT)
5) Read: Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy
Summary 8
(11/9/2023 @ 10:30am)
Reflection 8
(11/10/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#8a
#8b
Nov 16Elite Education1) Watch: Training the Elite
2) Read: The Ease of Privilege
Summary 9
(11/16/2023 @ 10:30am)
Final Project Proposal (11/22/2023 @ 11:59pm)
Reflection 9
(11/17/2023 @ 11:59pm)
#9
Nov 23No Class — Thanksgiving
Nov 30No Class — Mental Health Day
Dec 7Future, Utopian, and Liberation Education1) Check out: Spirits in the Dark (5-10 minutes)
2) Watch: Paulo Freire: Theory and Life
3) Read: Ch. 5: Abolitionist Teaching, Freedom Dreaming, and Black Joy
Summary 10
(12/7/2023 @ 10:30am)

(optional) Final Project First Draft (12/10/2023 @ 11:59pm)
n/a
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT METHODS GUIDE, PROPOSAL, AND FIRST DRAFT: Dec 10th at 11:59pm
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT SUMMARIES AND REFLECTIONS: Dec. 14th at 11:59pm
Final Projects Due on Dec 17th at 11:59pm