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Language, Culture, and Education

Program(s): Summer College, Undergraduate Courses

*Taught Online*   In this course, we examine past and current theories and research about differential educational achievement in US schools, including: (1) theories that focus on the characteristics of people (e.g., their psychological characteristics, their internal traits, their essential qualities); (2) theories that focus on the characteristics of groups and settings, (e. g., ethnic group culture, language, school culture); and (3) theories that examine how cultural processes mediate political-economic constraints and human action. Course discussion will focus on understanding the ways in which language and/or culture are conceptualized in these positions and their educational consequences, especially for racialized students from historically marginalized communities in the US.

Remote or Residential

✓ Remote Course

 

Course Considerations

For UChicago students: Course is cross listed as CHDV 23007, CRES 23007, ANTH 27215, and SOCI 20538.

Course Overview

Start Date

July 01

End Date

August 02

Current Grade / Education Level

11th Grade
12th Grade
Undergrad / Grad

Program

Summer College
Undergraduate Courses

Class Details

Course Code

EDSO 23007 91

Class Day(s)

Mon Wed

Class Duration (CST)

11:00

1:30 P.M.

Session

Session II

Course Length

5 weeks

Primary Instructor

Lisa Rosen

Academic Interest

Social Sciences (e.g., history, sociology)