Curriculum Theory Project Course Offerings for Spring 2006
 
 
EDCI 7143 The Teaching of Literature in the Secondary Schools (Dr. Claudia Eppert)
 
 

This course examines issues pertinent to the teaching of literature in middle, secondary, and college classrooms. Particular emphasis will be given to theories of reading, teaching multicultural, multiethnic, postcolonial literature, women's literature, testimonial literature, and world literature. Select readings will include Hans Georg Gadamar, Louise Rosenblatt, Mary Aswell Doll, Deborah Britzman, Maxine Greene, M.M. Bakhtin, Gayatri Spivak, Toni Morrison's Beloved, and Leslie Silko's Ceremony.

 
  EDCI 5880 (Section 01) Identity, Culture, & Curriculum (Dr. Nina Asher)  
  Drawing on the works of Homi Bhabha, Frantz Fanon, bell hooks, & Trinh Minh-ha, among others, this course engages such questions as: How are the identities and cultures of peoples in the margins -- for example, women, peoples of color, lesbians and gays, inner city children -- represented and negotiated in curriculum and teaching? How are critical, postcolonial, and feminist theories useful in deconstructing marginalization in diverse educational contexts? Globally? Nationally? Locally? What are the implications for social transformation? For educational theory, research, and practice?  
  EDCI 5880 (Section 02) History, Culture and Education in Louisiana (Dr. Petra Munro Hendry)
  
  This course will examine contemporary educational issues in Louisiana, specifically literacy and desegregation, from an historical and cultural perspective. How have "identities" been constructed, negotiated and resisted through and in these discourses? Readings will include, among others, James D. Anderson, History of Education in the South; Bankston & Caldas, A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana; and Sr. Mary Bernard Deggs, No Cross on Earth, No Crown in Heaven: Black Nuns in the Nineteenth Century New Orleans.  
  ELRC 7600 Issues of Race and Gender in Higher Education (Dr. Becky Ropers-Huilman & Roland Mitchell)  
  Educators have an important role in developing future citizens. Because identities have effects on their opportunities, experiences, and choices, both in education and in society in general race and gender are important aspects of educational practice and theories. The class will explore the question: What principles and perspectives guide educational decision-making as it relates to identities and equity in society? Members of this class will 1) familiarize themselves with how the field of higher education conceptualizes race, gender, and other relevant identity characteristics; 2) examine research and practice related to identity in post-secondary education; 3) use that knowledge to make a contribution to a practitioner or scholarly community.  
  EDCI 7307 Chaos, Complexity and Curriculum (Dr. Doll and Fleener)  
  This course will study the curriculum and instructional aspects of the "New Sciences," those connected with theories and practices of chaos and complexity. These theories and practices will be explored both as hands-on activities via the use of logistic maps and as metaphors for new ways to design curricula and develop instructional strategies. Readings and activities will be eclectic.
 
     
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