date

Focus Question

Topics

Projects DUE

AnCon

Hist

Nuts&

SS

8/31

Overview

CLD intro

9/6

What is the Course Scope? Instructional Model?

Events,patterns,structures
Technician vs Politician
/Teacher Dropouts w85, Systemic Analysis

SIM: school goals

 

AC1, appxA, B,

H1, 2

N1 ,2

 

9/13

What do schools do?
Controversy What is expected of schools?

Analyzing Controversy Mission v Function OV Images & Benefits Slogans OV
Pseudo-solutions
Multimoral/Unimoral

 Presenters:

 

AC2, 3, 9
 

H3, 4
 

N 3, 4, 5

SS1, 2

9/20

What are school problems? Review

Prob Analysis
(Hyp 1)

 Presenters:
Cost/ben

 

AC7, 8, 12

H8, 9

 

 

9/27

How can we deal with conflict?

Criteria / Authority
Functions of Conflict: School to Work

Slogans,ConsensusEduc Peter Presenters:

 

AC11

H10

 

 

10/4

History

Education & Immig Time line

 Presenters:

 

 

H11,12

 

 

10/11

Are school controversies real? (School Violence)

Priorities add Fair Play v Share (Hyp3)
Random Drug Test SIM

Gang Banging Presenters:

 

AC13, 14

 

 

SS3, 4

10/18

How do people differ? How is society changing?

Culture, Race & Ethnicity
Wayward Girl SIM, Social Classw
Multiculturalism Test SIM

New schl concern189 OV

 

AC10, 15 AC16, 17

 

N6, 7, 8

SS 5-7 SS8-11

10/25

Organization vs. People?

Basic Org Conflicts
School Violence (Hyp 5)

ControAn/NewCon
Wayward Presenters

 

AC18

 

N13, 14

 

11/1

Fieldwork Comp Time: Evening School Board visit, observations and written report

11/8

Political vs Action Orgs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/15

What should be taught?

Curriculum
 

HistProj
RanPop

 

 

 

N9-12

 

11/22

Teaching Today
Productivty, accountability

Production Models
Teacher Dropouts
History Project

Ritual-Achievement

 

 

 

 

 

11/29

THANKSGIVING: Film Review Comp Time

12/6

Administrative

Presenters