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Educational Foundations (EDEF)
College of Education
Current TB clearance is a requisite for all
students taking courses requiring practicum experiences.
EDEF 201 Introduction to Teaching as a Career (2) An
experience-based introduction to careers in education. CR/NC only. (Crosslisted
as EDEP 201)
EDEF 310 Education in American Society (3) Interrelated
historical, philosophical, and socio-cultural contexts of education with
an emphasis on contemporary problems and applications. Students enrolled
in colleges other than the College of Education are asked to confer with
the College of Education director of student services before enrolling
in 310.
EDEF 360 Introduction to Multicultural Education
(3) Concepts and methods to develop sensitivity and awareness of
cultural influences on behavior as these relate to the schooling
process. Field experience is an integral part of the course.
(Cross-listed as EDCI 360)
EDEF 399 Directed Reading (V) Individual
reading or research. Pre: senior majors with a minimum cumulative GPA of
2.7 or a minimum GPA of 3.0 in education, and consent of instructor and
department chair.
EDEF 408 Community and Culture (3) Theoretical
and practical approaches to understanding the constitution of community
life. A focus on the social construction of normative values, social
dynamics of organizations, and school-community relations.
EDEF 409 Ethnicity, Poverty, and Education (3) Survey
of socio-cultural, political and economic factors related to the
education of low-income students. Review of local resources and
facilities to assist students and their families.
EDEF 445 Educational Sociology (3) Introduction
to sociological frameworks of analysis of the institutional, cultural
and social dynamics of schooling, classroom management, school reform,
social group and individual role behavior.
EDEF 453 Women and Education (3) Societal
and institutional attitudes toward learned women; analysis of these
shifting views. Comparison of male and female access to education and
schooling in America. (Crosslisted as WS 453)
EDEF 469 Field Studies in Educational Foundations
(V) Field-based analyses of educational problems and issues.
Repeatable with different content. Pre: consent.
EDEF 470 Ethnic Groups and Education in Hawai‘i
(3) Identity and learning within and among Hawai‘i ethnic groups;
study of prejudice and inter-ethnic hostilities as these impact
educa-tion and teaching. (Cross-listed as EDCG 470)
EDEF 480 Anthropological Applications (3) Education
as cultural and cross-cultural learning; universal aspects of the
process. Ethnographic study. Applied anthropological theory and practice
for educators. (Cross-listed as ANTH 480D)
EDEF 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and
consent.
EDEF 581 (Alpha) Practicum in Problems: School and
Community (1) For in-service school personnel to develop new
approaches concerning how the school might relate more effectively to
problems of a socio-political, ideological, moral, and/or multicultural
nature. Repeatable with different content. CR/NC only. Pre: teaching
experience or consent.
EDEF 582 (Alpha) Practicum in Problems: School and
Community (2) For in-service school personnel to develop new
approaches concerning how the school might relate more effectively to
problems of a socio-political, ideological, moral, and/or multicultural
nature. Repeatable with different content. CR/NC only. Pre: teaching
experience or consent.
EDEF 583 (Alpha) Practicum in Problems: School and
Community (3) For in-service school personnel to develop new
approaches concerning how the school might relate more effectively to
problems of a socio-political, ideological, moral, and/or multicultural
nature. Repeatable with different content. CR/NC only. Pre: teaching
experience or consent.
EDEF 610 Foundations of Educational Theory (3) An
in-depth review of social, philosophical, and historical views
underlying various theories of education and their applications in
teaching and learning.
EDEF 650 Education in the Classical Tradition (3) Classical
European, Chinese, Indic, and Islamic traditions in the history of
education; emphasis on ways in which they shift, interact, and collide
from the early modern period to the present.
EDEF 651 Education and the American Experience (3) History
of educational thought and practice from European colonialism to
revolutionary nationalism to the present.
EDEF 652 History of Education in Hawai‘i (3) From
pre-contact, ancient Hawai‘i to the present. Social and intellectual
influences on the development of national, local, and indigenous
educational institutions; emphasis on multicultural as well as
monocultural directions in Hawai‘i’s schools.
EDEF 657 Introduction to Higher Education (3) Salient
historic, social, and organizational aspects of higher education;
history, philosophy, purposes, governance, administration, structures,
financing, faculty and student selection, curricula, legal and social
issues. (Cross-listed as EDEA 657)
EDEF 660 Philosophy of Education (3) Readings
of the original texts of major philosophers impacting American
education. Considerations about the conditions of knowing and their
extension in everyday practices in education.
EDEF 669 Introduction to Comparative/ International
Education (3) Introduction to basic methods of comparative studies,
focusing on schooling, but also treating broader educational issues.
EDEF 671 Topics in Comparative Education (3) Educational
institutions, structures, processes, policies, and problems viewed
within the context of political, social, and cultural milieus.
Geographic region or theme focus. Repeatable with different content.
Pre: consent.
EDEF 675 Introduction to Educational Policy Studies (3) Examines
theories and models of educational policy and policy making and the
contribution of policy analysis to the policy-making and change
processes. A- F only. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as EDEA 675)
EDEF 676 The Politics of Education (3) Examination
of the ways in which education can be viewed as political, arising from
its connection to the larger political system including local, state,
and federal governments. A-F only. Pre: 675, EDEA 675, or consent.
(Cross-listed as EDEA 676)
EDEF 677 The Educational System (3) Examination
of the structure and dynamics of educational system. Particular focus on
how educational policy interacts with principles that explain
educational system behavior. A-F only. Pre: 675 or EDEA 675; or consent.
(Crosslisted as EDEA 677)
EDEF 683 Social and Cultural Contexts of Education
(3) Focuses on the interplay of class, race, gender and ethnicity in
school and community settings. Social praxis, educational reform and
policy are considered.
EDEF 684 Education and World Order (3) Global
futurism focuses on major problems such as war prevention, ecological
planning, and world poverty as a basis for developing transnational
education. Pre: 310, 683, or consent.
EDEF 685 International Development Education (3) Introduction
to international development education in Asian and Pacific nations.
Students explore links between education and development. Emphasis is on
cross-cultural perception of development.
EDEF 686 Environmental Education (3) Focus
on environmental problems, such as pollution, resource depletion, and
overpopulation, to develop programs of relevant education. Uses action
projects in schools and community.
EDEF 699 Directed Reading and/or Research (V) Individual
reading and/or research. Pre: consent of department chair.
EDEF 700 Thesis Research (V) Research for
master’s thesis.
EDEF 725 Education and Social Change (3) Study
of classical and contemporary theories of social change as these relate
to school, the profession of teaching, planning of change, and social
stability. Pre: consent.
EDEF 751 Recent History of American Education (3) Contemporary
American education in recent historical perspective; focuses on the
educational changes brought about by WW II, the Cold War, civil rights
and other social movements. Pre: consent.
EDEF 761 History of American Higher Education (3) Genesis
and evolution of college and university from colonial America to
present. Pre: consent.
EDEF 762 Seminar on the Social and Cultural
Contexts of Education (3) Examination of social, political, and
cultural issues affecting educational policy with special emphasis on
methods of inquiry and theoretical constructs. Pre: consent.
EDEF 764 Advanced Seminar in Philosophy of
Education (3) Advanced studies in philosophical inquiry. Examination
of philosophically based methods of analysis and interpretation and
their influence in educational research and practice. Pre: consent.
EDEF 766 (Alpha) Seminar in History of Education
(3) Aspects of the history of education. Application of
historiography to educational problems and policy. Repeatable with
different content. Pre: one of 650, 651, 652, or 761; or consent.
EDEF 771 Seminar in Comparative/ International
Education (3) Advanced reading, research and writing in selected
topics dealing with comparative and international education, including
such themes as policy studies, minority education and educational
reform. Pre: consent.
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