Schools & Society: Culture, Politics, & Globalization of Western Education—EDLF 4606—Spring 2022

01/19/2022-04/27/2022

Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-1:45 PM

Is it inevitable that classrooms and schools look similar across the world? Why have modern education systems been adopted by societies with a diversity of local histories, cultures, and resources? This course examines the effort to increase access to modern Western schooling, explores countervailing conceptions of education, and considers what is gained and lost in modern schooling.