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HIST 439 Schooling Canadians Units: 3.00
This seminar explores the history of schooling in Canada in its political, social, and cultural contexts. Topics may include the development of the public education system, the feminization of teaching, "Indian" residential schools, the relationship between education and racial, gender, class, and sexual hierarchies, and changes in pedagogy and curriculum.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Exclusion HIST 401 (Topic Title: Schooling Canadians - Fall 2017).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify key questions and themes in the history of schooling in 19th and 20th century Canada and place them in their historical context.
- Recognize and apply different theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of schooling. Approaches indebted to social history and class analysis, the history of the state and Foucauldian studies of power, family history, and gender and race studies will be included.
- Generate research using primary-source evidence and synthesize that research into effectively communicated written arguments.
- Analyze and discuss both primary-source evidence and scholarly texts, to understand the relationship between the two, and to engage with competing interpretations from peers. Develop and hone skills in active listening, posing effective questions, and presenting historical analysis and evidence orally to contribute to collaborative seminar discussion and deepen collective, synchronous learning.
- Critically engage with commentary on education reform and place their own educational experiences in broader, long-term perspective.