FYI— Education as Individuation and Enculturation 9:00-11:00 TTh,

D. Vessey 363-2146 (Office) Office Hours: 210 MI

vesseyd@beloit.edu T 1-4; Th 1-3

and by appointment

Required Texts:

Brann,Paradoxes of Education in a Republic

Chiang, Chinese Calligraphy

Ebest, et. al.Writing from A to Z

Additional photocopied readings by Spencer, Emerson, Freire, Minnich, Bloom, Collier, Schuller, Sidron, Eaton and Dewey,

The material will be divided into six sections: Issues in education theory, jazz improvisation, Chinese calligraphy, innovation within disciplines, John Dewey, and student presentations. Each day there will be a reading assignment and each Tuesday an additional writing assignment. The first hour will focus on the reading; the second hour will focus directly on issues of intellectual virtue: reading effectively, writing well, thinking carefully and critically, developing good study habits, and developing the character traits necessary for being a good student. The semester ends with twenty minute formal research presentations.

1. Tue, Aug. 28 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Spencer "What Knowledge is of Most Worth?"

Paper #1 Due

Hour 2: Revising Papers

2. Thu, Aug. 30 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Brann, Chp. 1 "Utility" pp. 23-63

Hour 2: Student Skills

3. Tue, Sept. 4 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Brann, Chp. 2 "Tradition" pp. 64-119

Paper #2 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

4. Thu, Sept. 6 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Brann, Chp. 3 "Rationality" pp. 120-149

Hour 2: Student Skills

5. Tue, Sept. 11 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Emerson "Self-Reliance" (Handout)

Paper #3 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

6. Thu, Sept. 13 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Emerson "Education" (Handout)

Hour 2: Student Skills

7. Tue, Sept. 18 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Freire from Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Handout)

Paper #4 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

8. Thu, Sept. 20 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Minnich from Transforming Knowledge (Handout)

Hour 2: Student Skills

9. Tue, Sept. 25 Hour 1: Ed theory

Reading: Bloom from The Closing of the American Mind

Paper #5 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

10. Thu, Sept. 27 Hour 1: Jazz Background to Music Theory

Reading: "Improvisation" from The Oxford Companion to Jazz

Hour 2: Student Skills

11. Tue, Oct. 2 Hour 1: Jazz Improvisation

Reading: Collier “Going it Alone”, “Art and the Academy”

Paper #6 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

12. Thu, Oct. 4 Hour 1: Jazz History "I've Got Rhythm"

Reading: Schuller "Jazz: A Historical Perspective"

Hour 2: Student Skills

13. Tue, Oct. 9 Hour 1: Jazz "Time After Time"

Listening Assignment

Paper #7 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

14. Thu, Oct. 11 Hour 1: Jazz Jazz and Race

Reading: Sidron from Black Talk

Hour 2: Student Skills

FALL BREAK!!!!!

15. Tue, Oct. 23 Hour 1: Chinese Calligraphy History of styles

Reading: Chiang pp. 1-105

Paper #8 Due:

Hour 2: Student Skills

16. Thu, Oct. 25 Hour 1: Chinese Calligraphy Technique

Reading: Chiang pp. 133-188

Hour 2: Student Skills

17. Tue, Oct. 30 Hour 1: Chinese Calligraphy Training

Reading: Chiang pp. 189-213

Paper #9 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

18. Thu, Nov. 1 Hour 1: Chinese Calligraphy Aesthetics

Reading: Chiang 106-132; 214-239

Hour 2: Student Skills

19. Tue, Nov. 6 Hour 1: Beloit Educational History

Reading: Eaton from Historical Sketches of Beloit College

Paper #10 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

20. Thu, Nov. 8 Hour 1: Innovation within Disciplines

Reading: TBA

Hour 2: Student Skills

21. Tue, Nov. 13 Hour 1: Innovation within Disciplines

Reading:TBA

Paper #11 Due

Hour 2: Student Skills

22. Thu, Nov. 15 Hour 1: John Dewey

Reading: from Democracy and Education

Hour 2: Student Skills

23. Tue, Nov. 20 Hour 1: John Dewey

Reading: from Democracy and Education

Paper #12 Due

Hour 2: Making Presentations

THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!

24. Tue, Nov. 27 Presentations

25. Thu, Nov. 29 Presentations

26. Tue, Dec. 4 Presentations

27. Thu, Dec. 6 Presentations

28. Tue, Dec. 11 Wrap-up/Evaluations

Grades: Attendance and participation: 30%

Papers: 50%

Presentation: 20%