Courses

Introduction to the political economy of education, exploring how education is
shaped by various political and economic forces. Students examine such topics as education finance, labor markets, accountability, school choice, and the internationalization of higher education. Focus on understanding the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the political economy of education. Students explore education as a site of struggle between competing views on the organization of society, the role of the state, and the structure of the economy.

Why do so many high school students apply to study at expensive institutions when there are cheaper alternatives available? Who is able to attend, and who is excluded? Why do college costs keep rising so fast? Shouldn’t college be free? Students explore answers to these kinds of questions in this course. Students explore a range of economic concepts and empirical evidence that speaks to the value of Field available for additional information in footerhigher education for individuals and societies; state and institutional financial aid policies; and university budgets and spending priorities.

Looking at the rhetoric of public relations we examine the principles and assumptions in the process of analyzing the process of political campaigns. Focuses on an analysis of what is reported to the mass media and how the 'gatekeepers,' reporters, editors and producers of news filer the messages. Also, discussion on how public relations participates in the creation of viewpoints that eventually become well established and widely held.

An examination of reading and writing education from historical, theoretical, critical, and pedagogical perspectives. Course questions include the role of literacy in a global society and the influences of policies and political practices. Research studies that have shaped literacy instruction in the last century are considered.

This course explores the politics of civil conflict, peacebuilding, and the role of education in promoting violence or peace. Specifically it explores the humanitarian efforts of international actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, NGOs), local actors (civil society associations, nationalist and ideological factions), and their influence on education systems during war and emerging peace. Case studies may include Afghanistan, Colombia, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, and West Bank/Gaza.

Explores tools of political and strategy in education, including concepts and theoretical frameworks applicable to the political process; political and governance structures in education, and major issues in educational policy.

The meditation and technological development of vision and its dominance over the human sensorium is integral to the emergence of the modern, including experiences of urbanism, consumer desire, gender/sexual identities, race and ethnicity, trans-cultural image systems, aesthetic production, and the making of power and political truth claims. This seminar will focus on introducing participants to the core theories and analytic methods of visual culture, and the socio-political history of the human sensorium in a variety of disciplines, including ethnography, social history, urban studies, cinema studies, social geography, material culture studies, and media studies.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/jazz bass, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

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Private or group lessons (by examination) in instrumental jazz, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation

Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/Jazz piano, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

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Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/jazz saxophone, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/jazz piano, supplemented by extra outside practice, and observation

Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/jazz trumpet, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Students participate in a variety of activities and assignments to help them create and enact their own curriculum, lessons and activities in the space of a 21st century secondary music classroom. Students gain practical experience in learning and teaching contemporary popular music instrumentation including guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, ukulele, drum-kit, keyboard, and other electronic instruments.

Students participate in a variety of activities and assignments to help them create and enact their own curriculum, lessons and activities in the space of a 21st century secondary music classroom. Students gain practical experience in learning and teaching contemporary popular music instrumentation including guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, ukulele, drum-kit, keyboard, and other electronic instruments.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Building on innovations in the merging field of positive psychology, this course explores research and theory on factors that represent strengths and virtues and that enhance the human capacity to experience wellness. Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between culture, context and positive psychological outcomes (e.g., hope, creativity, purpose, wisdom) and on state-of-the-artinterventions that facilitate individual, family, and community efforts to achieve these outcomes.