Course teaches concepts of human development and learning and the effects of culture on these variables. Cross-cultural research literature is used to describe the roles that culture plays in cognitive development, communication, learning, and individual differences in ability, achievement, and social skills. The course is designed for international students and US students whose future careers involve other cultures. Covers factors that influence children's motor skill performance. Uses methods and insights drawn from the social sciences and humanities in the examination of such policy issues as the role of the school in social change, the relationship between economic systems and educational institutions, the influence of non-formal educational forces, and the politics of school reform.
Emphasis is placed on the ideas that prevailed in different time periods.
Conflicting organizational arrangements, competing theories, and growing external pressures in different eras are traced and analyzed in order to develop an educational historiography. The course is designed to expose students to conceptual frameworks of culture, society, race, class, and gender from the social sciences and humanities for understanding the experiences of subordinated minority groups in school and society. The practical problems of social and school reform in American communities and schools will be addressed. Ethnic movements have created non-formal educational programs. Assesses pedagogical aspects of movement education and evaluates movement education outcomes regarding movement goals and relations with the larger society.