Overview
Description
Factors and conditions which have been influential in the shaping of educational thought, ideals, theories and practices of current American education.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe the basic outline of the history of American education.
- describe and analyze student culture and experience.
- explain how the people, forces and movements have made American higher education what it is today.
- critique the role tradition has played in contemporary education.
- explain how education has evolved and investigate why it is difficult to make changes.
- critique the role of the federal government in the development of American higher education.