Alexandre Da Costa, PhD

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education - Educational Policy Studies Dept
Directory

Fall Term 2024 (1890)

EDPS 360 - Society and Education

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The changing function and structures of education, with special reference to contemporary Canadian society.

LECTURE A01 (46379)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 09:30 - 10:50



EDPS 526 - Race, Racialization and Education

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The course examines the concept of race and its manifestations in society and the education system. We engage with the idea of race as philosophy, race as theorized by sociologists and race as a historical discourse. Further, the course highlights how such modes of analyses and conceptual frames are theorized, utilized and legitimized. Students may not receive credit for both EDPS 501 Race, Racialization and Education and EDPS 526.

LECTURE X01 (54459)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
M 17:00 - 20:00

Winter Term 2025 (1900)

EDPS 360 - Society and Education

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The changing function and structures of education, with special reference to contemporary Canadian society.

LECTURE B02 (78559)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
TR 09:30 - 10:50



EDPS 412 - Multicultural and Anti-Racism Education

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course examines key theoretical and pedagogical aspects of multicultural and anti-racism education with a focus on how race, ethnicity, colonialism, and diversity shape issues of equity within school systems and the communities they serve. The course presents various social processes fundamental to shaping constructions of racial and cultural difference historically and in contemporary times, examining how such differences work at various levels, from everyday micro interactions to societal institutions and larger macro social structures.

LECTURE B01 (75748)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
TR 14:00 - 15:20