Welcome to EPS 201/202 FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION The study of the relationship between school and society. What kind of society would we have without schools?

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Welcome to EPS 201/202 FOUNDATIONS OF
EDUCATIONThe study of the relationship between
school and society.What kind of society would
we have without schools?

• If you are new to class, obtain a handout for
  class overview and website information.
• Questions examined in our course
• 1. Who should be educated and how?
• 2. What essential knowledge and values should
  each student learn in school?
• 3. Who should control the curriculum and for what
  purposes?
• 4. When, where, and how should education be
  delivered?

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THE CLASS WEBSITE IS ESSENTIAL

• http//www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/eps201/
• Weekly Announcements
• E-RESERVES Direct Link
• Powerpoints for upcoming lectures (available at
  7 PM on Monday and Wednesday)
• COURSE INFORMATION SHEET
• READING TABLE UNIT 1 (available now)
• IMPORTANT DATES Guest speakers and exams
• Information, links to publicly accessible videos,
  and other resources.

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Three Main Purposes of Schools Spring Chapter 1
To transmit and to reconstruct (highly
contested)Problem Defining purposes and
creating curriculum, policies, and practices
toachieve these goals.

• 1. Political
• Prepare citizens (Passive or Active)
• Americanize (Natives Immigrants)
• 2. Social
• Teach mainstream
• behaviors and values
• Address social problems
• Build a sense of community
• 3. Economic
• Invest in training the workforce
• Human capital theoryinvestment in
• education will improve the quality of workers and
  
• the wealth of the community
• Concern about global competition
• If labor market concerns dominate, business needs
• would shape the curriculum, business ideas
  influence.

Why educate? What is the proper balance?
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Spring Chapter 1

• Since there is a wide variation in what people
  believe, educational goals often generate
  debate. (Spring, 3)
• Educational goals are determined by federal,
  state, and local politicians, special interest
  groups, community organizations, and professional
  education organizations. (Spring, 3)
• Main goals of schooling Political, Social,
  Economic

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Schools are complex social institutions and serve
society. There are numerous and some conflicting
purposes. Pressure to serve societys needs.
CONTEXT
ECONOMY
POVERTY
DEMOCRACY and DOMINANT CULTURAL IDEAS AND VALUES
RELIGIONS
OUR HISTORY
FAMILY
SCHOOLS Students Teachers
POLITICS
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
FEDERAL STATE LAWS
DEMOGRAPHICS
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e.com/watch?vkpfMD9gWNf8featurerelated

• Can poorly resourced schools fulfill the
  intended purposes of schooling?
• If you were a parent of a student at Harper
  High Schoolwhat would you do?

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Harper High School Chicago
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Purposes of education in IllinoisArticle X of
Illinois State Constitution

• The Illinois public schools will enable all
  students to succeed in post-secondary education
  and career opportunities, to be effective
  life-long learners, and to participate actively
  in our democracy.

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DISPARITIES IN SCHOOL FUNDING ILLINOIS 2004
Raises questions about equal opportunity for all
students.Raises questions about definition of
basic education.
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Illinois only guarantees a system of funding and
a baseline amount per pupil.

• The Illinois State Board of Education
  disburses state and federal funds to local school
  districts and provides programs and services to
  support school district business and management
  functions.
• Funding Sources
• State 30, Local 63, and Federal 7
• http//www.centerforpubliceducation.org/site/c.lvI
  XIiN0JwE/b.5057681/k.C034/State_contributions_to_s
  chool_budgets.htm

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Who controls the schools? Government Agencies
Federal (Executive branch and Congress), State
(Governor, Legislature, State Board of Education)
and Local (District Office, Superintendent, and
School Boards)
STATE Tests Standards Regulations
LOCAL Implements Regulations Budget
FEDERAL NCLB Race to the Top
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Three Main Purposes of Schools Spring Chapter 1
To transmit and to reconstruct (highly
contested)Problem Defining purposes and
creating curriculum, policies, and practices
toachieve these goals.

• 1. Political
• Prepare citizens (Passive or Active)
• Americanize (Natives Immigrants)
• 2. Social
• Teach mainstream
• behaviors and values
• Address social problems
• Build a sense of community
• 3. Economic
• Invest in training the workforce
• Human capital theoryinvestment in
• education will improve the quality of workers and
  
• the wealth of the community
• Concern about global competition
• If labor market concerns dominate, business needs
• would shape the curriculum, business ideas
  influence.

Why educate? What is the proper balance?
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• 1. Political
• Prepare citizens (Passive or Active)
• Americanize (Natives Immigrants)
• What barriers did Jefferson see after the
  Revolution to achieving a democratic state?

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Jefferson Liberty and Literacy BASIC
EDUCATION Crusade Against Ignorance

• If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it
  expects what never was and never will be.
  
  Thomas Jefferson
• the most important bill in our whole code is
  that for the diffusion of knowledge among the
  people. (1786)

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LIBERTY AND LITERACY Jeffersons goal for
ordinary citizens was basic literacy, later in
life, political skills were learned by reading
the newspaper and experience in local politics.

• were it left to me to decide whether we
  should have a government without newspapers or
  newspapers without a government, I should not
  hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I
  should mean that every man should receive those
  papers and be capable of reading them.

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Citizens needed literacyWhat were Jeffersons
two main goals for his proposed school plan for
the state of Virginia?

• GOALS WERE
• 1. For all boys and girls (who were white) To
  equip the population to function effectively in
  the civic (political), economic, and private
  spheres of life.
• 2. For intelligent boys from all classes To
  identify future political leaders, a new natural
  aristocracy. (meritocracy)

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What is citizenship in a liberal democracy?Two
views Strong or Weak Sense of Participation
Right of the people to alter(Declaration of
Independence) This is the most distinctive
feature of liberal democracy

• Citizens need to have virtues that combine to
  create the ability and willingness to question
  political authority and to engage in public
  debate (public reasonableness rather than
  self-interest, persuasion, compromise).
• unalienable rights consent of the
  governed

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Successful Citizen ParticipationAdvances in
access to schoolshave been gained by strong
citizen action demanding equality

• Citizens who
• Believe in the individuals right and
  responsibility to participate publicly.
• Have a sense of political efficacythat is that
  they can make a difference.
• Value the principles of democratic life
  equality, community, and liberty.

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20th Century Citizen advocacy forced a
reinterpretation of constitutional law.
Improved school access is modeled on

• 14th Amendment passed in 1868 Section 1. All
  persons born or naturalized in the United States,
  and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
  citizens of the United States and of the state
  wherein they reside. No state shall make or
  enforce any law which shall abridge the
  privileges or immunities of citizens of the
  United States nor shall any state deprive any
  person of life, liberty, or property, without due
  process of law nor deny to any person within its
  jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
• Race, Language, Gender, Disability,
  Sexual Orientation
• CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY was not a reality prior
  to the Civil Rights movement of the 20th century.
  

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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD THEY SAY?
The information is up here. Follow
along.

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vdGCJ46vyR9o
• 1. In the film, If these walls could talk.
  List some main complaints about that these
  students have about their college courses? Do
  you agree or disagree with these complaints?
• 2. In general, how do these students in the film
  view the nature knowledge gained from lectures
  and textbooks? Do you agree or disagree?
• Video made by a Cultural Anthropology class at
  Kansas State University Spring 2007