Okay my last post for the day, I promise! The remainder of my discussion with Prof. Domina was spent on the question "In what direction would you take this course, and what would you like to see on the syllabus?"
Some practical points for an undergrad course:
- a 'project based course' can work well, but clearly define the project from the beginning
- there are plenty of students at UCI in the education minor, so it could appeal to many of them
- for undergrads, about an hour of reading per class is good
- group work could be good for this course, allowing students to divide up and pursue different aspects of the project
- no more than 40 students
Some reading ideas:
- Clark Kerr: 'The Uses of the University: The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen'- (http://www.amazon.com/Uses-University-Lectures-Essentials-Government/dp/0674005325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256324447&sr=8-1)- the father of the UC masterplan gave this as a lecture series, looks really promising
- Nicolas Lemann: 'The Big Test: Secret History of the American Meritocracy'- (http://www.amazon.com/Big-Test-History-American-Meritocracy/dp/0374527512/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256324660&sr=1-1)- includes a treatment of the 1996 battle over California's anti-affirmative action Proposition 209
- Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis: 'Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life' (http://www.amazon.com/Schooling-Capitalist-America-Educational-Contradictions/dp/0465097189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256324854&sr=1-1)- a seminal text covering precisely what we are talking about
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