University of Pittsburgh School of Education

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Administrative and Policy Studies
Course Description - ADMPS 2342

 

ADMPS 2342 - EDUCATION AND CULTURE

COURSE INTEGRATES RESEARCH & THEORIZING FROM DIFFERENT PER SPECTIVES IN THE DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, LIT ERARY, CRITICISM, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY. ATTENTION GIVEN TO SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES IN CULTURAL ELEMENTS (INCLUDING LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, AND VALUES) AMONG AGE GROUPS, ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS, GENDER GROUPS, & SOCIAL CLAS SES IN THE UNITED STATES & OTHER COUNTRIES. IMPLICATIONS OF THESE SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES ARE DERIVED BOTH FOR UNDER STANDING & FOR INTERVENING IN THE ORGANIZATIONS & PROCESSES OF EDUCATION IN SELECTED SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Credits: 3

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This course is not offered in the Summer 2010 (2107) or Spring 2010 (2104) or Fall 2009 (2101) terms.