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.

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.