Course Catalog • Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

A historical approach to the major social and philosophical foundations of American education, with an emphasis on the relation of educational theory to classroom practice. Students must be admitted to teacher preparation programs (both undergraduate and Graduate Licensure Program) in the School of Education or School of Music. Eight written assignments; final examination. Instructor: Scott Smith.

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Hillesheim and Merrill. Theory and Practice in the History of American Education, University Press of America, 1980.
• Hillesheim et al. Intellectual Foundations of American Education: Locke to Dewey, Univ. of Kansas Continuing Education, 1993.
• Plato. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, 2nd ed. trans. Grube, Hackett, 2002.

A comprehensive study of influential persons and movements in the development of educational thought, Eastern and Western, from ancient times to the present. Emphasis on those ideas and historical roots that are relevant to contemporary issues in teaching and school administration. Students who have taken ELPS 450 will not receive credit for this course. Eight written assignments; paper; final examination. Instructor: Scott Smith.

Textbooks (separate purchase):

• Hillesheim and Merrill. Theory and Practice in the History of American Education, University Press of America, 1980.
• Hillesheim et al. Intellectual Foundations of American Education: Locke to Dewey, Univ. of Kansas Continuing Education, 1993.
• Plato. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, 2nd ed. trans. Grube, Hackett, 2002.
• Crawford. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, Penguin Press, 2009.