CES 355/T &L 355:
CHICANO/AS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
CES 355
Fall 2007
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:50-4:05pm
Wilson Hall Room 6
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course presents a historical and contemporary overview of Chicano and Chicana education in the United States. We begin with a historical examination of racialization, segregation, resistance, and school activism of Mexican American students from the 19th Century to the 1960s and 1970s. Then, we will examine contemporary educational issues (bilingual education, testing, language, and educational policy) that present challenges and possibilities along the educational pipeline. Then we will use the “pipeline” metaphor to analyze how Chicano and Chicana students move through the primary, secondary, and postsecondary levels of education. We will examine why Latino/a students have the lowest attainment rates at every segment of the educational pipeline. Then we will focus on two public schools in two separate communities (East Los Angeles, CA and Yakima, WA) to examine the process of racial profiling of Chicano and Chicana students and how they empowered themselves and developed a positive racial identity. Finally, we will end with an account of how Latino immigrant students are transforming high schools in rural America and what this means for the future of education for Latinos and Latinas. This course fulfills [S] Social Science GER requirement.
COURSE GOALS:
1) To understand the historical and contemporary educational issues facing Chicano and Chicana students from elementary to graduate school.
2) To understand how Critical Race Theory can be applied to field of Chicano/a Education
3) To understand how to conduct research using “counterstorytelling” methodology and recognize that the experiential knowledge of Latino and Latina students are legitimate, appropriate, and critical to understanding analyzing, and teaching about educational inequality.
4) To understand how race, class, gender, language and immigration status impact Chicanos and Chicanas along educational pipeline.
C.E.S. OUTCOMES: (See CES Assessment Rubric)
#1 Outcome: Recognizes and summarizes the impact of race
#2 Outcome: Knows who she or he is in a complex, unequal, and often contradictory world
#4 Outcome: Identifies and assesses social norms and assumptions
#6 Outcome: Accesses information tools to get relevant answers
#8 Outcome: Active and critical verbal and/or written discussion of issues
Special Notes:
* The instructor reserves the right to modify and make any changes to the syllabus during the semester.
*Academic Dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication in the process of completing academic work. If caught students we be punished according to university guidelines: WAC 504-25-015
*Students with Disabilities: I am committed to providing assistance tohelp you be successful in this course. Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. Please go to the Disability Resource Center (DRC) during the first two weeks of every semester to seek information or to qualify for accommodations. All accommodations MUST be approved through the DRC, located in the Administration Annex Bldg, Room 205. To make an appointment with a disability counselor, please call 335-3417.
(Last Updated 8/21/07)