A survey of the history, philosophy, administration, and legal bases of American education.

Development of educational institutions in Southern society with special attention given to South Carolina.

A comparison of the impact of postwar forces on the educational systems of selected European nations. Analysis of current trends, movements, and problems in all levels of education. Examination of the educational purposes, systems, techniques, and facilities with implications for the future development of industrialized societies.

Foundations of qualitative research including historical, philosophical, and theoretical perspectives. Examination of different qualitative approaches and associated methodological issues.

Qualitative research methods including naturalistic inquiry, participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, and document analysis.

Qualitative research methods including naturalistic inquiry, participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, and document analysis.

Introduction to international education and the comparative method in the study of educational systems around the world. Provides students with an overview of comparative and international education theory, practice, and research methodology.

The history of education in the United States from the colonial period through the contemporary moment. Placing the history of education in a larger American economic, social, political, and cultural context, students consider the development, purposes, effects, and evolution of public and private schools in the United States at the elementary, middle and secondary levels during this critical period in United States history and education.

The functional considerations governing educational theories and practices.

An introduction to tenets and methodology in Critical Race Theory. The study of race and racism as the primary lens of analysis in educational, social, and political issues.

Basic concepts of the relation of the school to the social order: an analysis of the essential features of the changing social context within which American educational policy and practice now operate. The educational implications of recent social change in American life and of the emergence of a new world order.

Examination of biography as a form of educational research and scholarship.

Exploration of the various forms of narrative inquiry as a distinct genre of qualitative research.

Theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical orientations to participatory action research.

Historical, methodological, and theoretical orientations to ethnographic research.

The study and practice of qualitative case study methods. Topics include explanatory, descriptive, and exploratory approaches, single case, multi-case, and multi-site design strategies.

The impact of education on the social order in the United States continued–1877 to the present. Research assignments will involve analysis and interpretation of primary source materials of 19th- and 20th-century thought and practice in South Carolina.

Individual topics selected by student application and instructor acceptance. May be repeated for up to 9 hours as topics vary.

Critical comparison of present-day schools of thought in the nature, objectives, and functions of American education.

Cross-listed course: PHIL 847

An advanced study of how Critical Race Theory is applied by researchers to investigate issues of racial justice. The study of race and racism is the primary lens of analysis in understanding disparities in educational, political, social and economic outcomes.

Cross-listed course: EDTE 857

An overview of the role of student activists who engaged in deliberate protest to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the American social order and an examination of the rationale behind student rebellion and the role of high schools and colleges in facilitating student activism.