Curriculum Theory Project Course Offerings for Spring 2007
 
 
ETPP 7310 Critical Media Literacy and Theory (Dr. Kaustuv Roy )
 
 

This course concerns the politics, philosophy, and sociology of representation and expression. By media, we mean not only the mass media but also theater, art, film, and other forms of cultural and performative expression and their points of crossover into the real. The objective is to learn about theoretical frameworks that make sense of the teeming world of expressional events and develop liberatory spaces from within the semiotics that surround us. We will read noted theorists, writers, and practitioners such as Gilles Deleuze, Niklas Luhmann, Bertolt Brecht, Paul Cezanne, Pierre Bourdieu and many others.

 
 
EDCI 7140 History, Culture and Educational Policy in New Orleans 1727-2007 ( Dr. Petra Munro Hendry )
  
 

This seminar will examine the interrelationships between history, architecture, landscape, social custom, languages, education and literature in New Orleans from 1727-2007. The course is interdisciplinary with faculty from English, Geography and Anthropology and Education co-teaching as well as guest lecturers. We will explore what it means to say that New Orleans has developed a distinctive regional philosophy and culture of life. Special emphasis will be on the factors that have shaped the unique educational history and policy of Louisiana.

 
 

ETPP 5880 (Session 1) Globalization, Multiculturalism, and Education ( Dr. Nina Asher)

  
  This is a graduate seminar that explores the intersections of globalizing forces (e.g. capitalism, communication, technology) with such aspects of U.S. multiculturalism as race, culture, gender, language, and class. How do we rethink multiculture/multiculturalism in a context of increasing global interdependence? What new dialogues do we need to have as differences are juxtaposed in new, sometimes contradictory ways in social, educational, and personal contexts? What are the implications for curriculum and pedagogy? And for educational theory, research, and practice? Theoretical texts, drawing on cultural studies, education, and literature, include the works of Homi Bhabha, Rey Chow, Frantz Fanon, Cameron McCarthy, Chandra Mohanty, Edward Said, among others. We will also critically engage works of fiction (e.g. Funny Boy; White Teeth) and films (e.g. Crash; Dirty Pretty Things) to inform our analyses and class discussions.  
 

ETPP 7600 Issues of Race and Gender in Higher Education (Dr. Becky Ropers-Huilman)

 
  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.  
 

ETPP 5880 (Session 2) Eastern Thought, Literature, and Curriculum Theory ( Dr. Claudia Eppert)

  
  In this course, we examine a range of Eastern thought and consider how Eastern insights might contribute to and challenge current Western understandings of educational theory and practice. More specifically, through an engagement with classical and contemporary Taoist, Buddhist, and Hindu literature, film, song, and drama, we will study and discuss notions of: responsibility to self, others and environment, wisdom, peace and non-violence, mindfulness, compassion, creativity and the Arts, healing, grassroots activism and social change, inter-cultural dialogue, and contemplative educational practice. Prior familiarity with Eastern thought is not required.  
 

ETPP 7930 Écriture Féminine as a Discipline ( Dr. Denise Egéa-Kuehne)

  
  This seminar explores how écriture féminine places experience before language, and privileges the non-linear, cyclical writing so often frowned upon by Western patriarchal societies. Autobiographical narratives as well as texts from Beauvoir, Braidotti, Chawaf, Cixous, Irigaray, and Kristeva constitute the basis of this seminar. The format will be mostly interactive lecture with pauses, discussion and feedback; whole group and small group discussions; guided development of individual or collaborative projects and research; and autobiographical, reflective, and recursive analytical writings.
 
     
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