GEDUC 457 Cultural Foundations of Education

Studies the purposes and effects of education in U.S. public schools by means of analyzing historical and contemporary sources. Reviews contributions to the Western educational tradition of Plato, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Dewey, DuBois, and Hutchins. Questions what is to be taught, who is to teach, and to whom is the material to be taught as they developed in our tradition. Rooney, Walsh.