Class Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Visiting Faculty

8/24

Introduction: What are the fields of TSOC and Ed. Psych.?

 

Side topic: Being a doctoral student

 

8/31

Philosophical Foundations of Education

 

Reading Assignment:

Feinberg, W. (1995). The discourse of philosophy of education. In W. Kohli (Ed.), Critical conversations in philosophy of education (pp. 24-33). New York: Routledge.

Greene, M. (1995). What counts as philosophy of education? In W. Kohli (Ed.), Critical conversations in philosophy of education (pp. 3-23). New York: Routledge.

Snauwaert, D. T. (2001). Cosmopolitan democracy and democratic education. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 4(1), 1-8.

 

Side topic: How to create and/or sustain student organizations

Dale Snauwaert

9/7

Major Theoretical Perspectives on Development

 

Reading Assignment:

Dixon, R. A., & Lerner, R. M. (1999). History and systems in developmental psychology. In M. H. Bornstein & M.E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental Psychology: An Advanced Textbook (pp. 3-45). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. *Available as an electronic book through the UT library. Click here

Baltes, P. B. (1987). Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psycholgy: On the dynamics between growth and decline. Developmental Psychology, 23, 611-626. On electronic reserve.

 

Side topic: How to get involved in research projects and interest groups

Lisa Kovach

9/14

Major Theoretical Perspectives on Learning

 

Reading Assignment:

Greeno, J. G., Collins, A., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Cognition and learning. In D. C. Berliner, & R. C. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (pp. 15-46). New York: Macmillan.

 

Side topic: How to create a reference database

Bill Gray

 

9/21

Role of Motivation in Learning and Development

 

Reading Assignment:

Eccles, J. S., Wigfield, A., & Schiefele, U. (1998). Motivation to succeed. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology, 5th ed. Vol. 3 Social, emotional, and personality development (pp. 1017-95). New York: Wiley. Read pgs. 1017-1036. On electronic reserve.

Linnenbrink, E. A. (under revision). The dilemma of performance-approach goals: The use of multiple goal contexts to promote students' motivation and learning. Article under revision for the Journal of Educational Psychology. Click here to download.

 

Side topic: How to conduct a literature review

Lisa Linnenbrink

9/28

Role of Prior Knowledge/Experience in Learning and Development

 

Reading Assignment:

McCloskey, M. (1983). Naive theories of motion. In D. Gentner, & A. L. Stevens (Eds.), Mental models (pp. 299-324). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Dunn, T. G., & Shriner. (1999). Deliberate practice in teaching: What teachers do for self-improvement. Teaching and Teacher Education, 15, 631-51.

 

Side topic: How to get involved in conferences

Tom Dunn

10/5

Role of Technology

 

Reading Assignment:

Hokanson, B., & Hooper, S. (2000). Computers as cognitive media: Examing the potential of computers in education. Computers in Human Behavior, 16, 537-52.

Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1994). Computer support for knowledge-building communities. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), 265-83.

 

 

10/12

FALL BREAK

 

10/19

Role of Institutions, Community, and Culture in Education I

 

Reading Assignment: Reagan, T (2000). Non-Western educational traditions. Chapter 7: Familiar strangers.

    Culture and the role of Schooling.

 

Side topic: Ethics in research/HSRRC

 

ARTICLE CRITIQUE DUE

Mary Ellen Edwards

 

10/26

Role of Institutions, Community, and Culture in Education II

 

Reading Assignment:

Hilliard, A. (1998). The standards movement: Quality control or decoy? Rethinking Schools, 12 (4). Available at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/12_04/hill.shtml.

Hughes, S. A. (2003). An early gap in black-white mathematics achievement: Holding school and home accountable in an affluent city school district. The Urban Review, 35, 297-322.

 

Side topic: Authorship issues

Sherick Hughes

11/2

Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Power and Ideology in Schooling

 

Reading Assignment: Eckert, P. (1989). Jocks and burnouts: Social categories and identity in high school. New York: Teachers College Press. Chapter 5: Development of social categories. Full book available as an ebook through UT library:

 

 

11/9

Relationship between Theory and Practice I: Applied Social Foundations Theory

 

*We will be meeting in 5016 GH with students from the C&I prosem.

 

Reading Assignment:

Fisher, J. M., Hamer, L., Zimmerman, J., Sidorkin, A., Samel, A., Long, L., & McArthur, J. (2004). The unlikely faces of professional development in urban schools: Preparing at-risk students and colleges for one another. Educational Horizons, Spring, 202-212. Will be handed out in class.

Ladson-Billings, G. (1995). Toward a theory of culturally relevant pedagogy. American Educational Research Journal, 32, 465-92.

 

Lynne Hammer

 

11/16

Relationship between Theory and Practice II: Applied learning/development Theory

 

Reading Assignment:

Airasian, P. W., & Walsh, M. E. (1997). Constructivist cautions. Phi Delta Kappan, 78, 444-49.

Pugh, K. J. (2002). Teaching for transformative experiences in science: An investigation of the effectiveness of two instructional elements. Teachers College Record, 104, 1101-37.

 

 

 

11/23

RESM something

 

Reading Assignment:

Bond, T. G., & Fox, C. M. (2001). Applying the rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Chapter 1.

 

Writing workshop

Christine Fox

11/30

Role of Other People in Learning and Development

 

Reading Assignment: TBA

 

Side topic: How to get involved in the publishing process

Revathy Kumar

12/7

Presentation of Projects

 

Projects Due

 

12/14

Presentation of Projects

 

 

*The information in this syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.