FORMAN CHIRISTIAN COLLEGE

Department of Education
Education 110, Fall 2018
Course Information:
Foundation of Education 3 credits
Tuesday & Thursday 09.00-09.50 at E 105
Instructor Information:
Mrs Syeda Khadija Burhan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0321-9442464
Office: Sinclair -110
Office hours: Monday- Friday 11.00-12.00
Recommended Text:
 Foundations of education (9th Edition)
Allan C. Ornstein and Daniel U. Levine
Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company USA
 Rethinking Education in Pakistan
Shahid Saddiqui
Paramount Publishing Enterprise Pakistan
 Those who can, Teach (12th Edition)
Kevin Ryan, James Cooper and Kevin Selfert
Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company USA
Course Overview:
The objective of this course is to enable students to think critically about c
contemporary education issues, so they can develop creative solutions to difficult
problems. This will be accomplished by gaining an understanding of the history of
these issues and problems. The major QUESTIONS guiding this course are:
 What is teaching?
 What is education?
 What is the history of education?
 What are the issues and problems in education today and what are the
various histories?
 What should education be in the future?
 What are some of the social influences on education?
  What philosophies have influenced education?
Attendance policy:
Students are expected to attend classes regularly. In case of absence appropriate
written document must be provided. Class participation is an integral part of the
course so absence will have effect on the final grade.
Academic Dishonesty:
Students are expected to believe in their abilities. Ant act of cheating will result in
an “F”.
Grading:
Assignment -1 10%
Reading Assignment -1 05%
Assignment -2 10%
Reading Assignment -2 05%
Reflective journal-1 10%
Movie based Assignment 10%
Reflective journal-2 10%
Group Work 10%
Reading Assignment-3 05%
Essay 10%
Participation in class:
 Active interaction 05%
 In-class work 10%
Reflective Journals

Pick one Education 110 class of your choice analyze the activities of the class.
Include factual content and your personal experiences. Write a precise and
convincing reflection of not more than 350 words.

Presentation:

Each group will share:

 Basic structure of education system of the country

 The positive elements of the system
 The week areas of the system
 Funding of education
  Comparison of public and private sectors of education
 Lessons learn from the study

Reading Assignments

Reading assignments will be provided in the class. Participation in class discussion

will help the teacher to judge the learning outcome.

Movie Critique

You will watch a movie and the give response to some questions. The name of the
movie will be disclosed in the class.
Course Breakup
TOPIC Teacher Resource Student Reading/Activity
WEEK 1: Contemporary Issues Education
Pre Assessment Pdf
Page 10-13 &14
WEEK 2: PGDE (10) PDF
Introduction to Sociology of Page 51-60
Education
WEEK 3: Assignment 1:
School as Social Organization PGDE (10) PDF How characteristics of
 Concept of organization Page 97-105 bureaucracy apply to the school?
 Concept of bureaucracy
 The link between school
and society

Week 4: Submission of Assignment 1

The School and the Larger PGDE (10) PDF Reading Assignment 1:
Society Page 107-119 Journal of Philosophy &
 The School and Polity History of Education. (Jophe pdf)
 Education and Social and Page 45-58
Cultural Reproduction
 Effects of Social Assignment 2:
Stratification on Education Why are children out of school in
a nation that professes the
“Principle of Education for All?”
Week 5:
 Class discussion on Submission of Assignment 2
Reading Assignment 1 School Culture pdf
 The Concept of Sociology PGDE (10) PDF
and Culture Page 84-89 Reading Assignment 2:
 School Culture and School School Culture for teacher pdf School Learning Climate
Climate Improvement Case Study
(use for school assignment pdf)

Reflective Journal 1

Week 6
 Discussion on Reading Hand out
Assignment 2 Educational Philosophies Major Comparison educational
 Basic of Philosophy (doc) philosophies pdf
 Educational Philosophy Philosophy of education pdf
Movie based assignment
Week 7:
Philosophical foundations of Foundations of education Foundations of education
education and their implication Ornstein/Levine Ornstein/Levine
in the classroom Pages 93-125 Pages 93-125
Week 8:
Philosophical foundations of
education and their implication in
the classroom
Week 9:
 Education in Ancient China Foundations of education Submission of movie based
 Education in Ancient India Ornstein/Levine assignment
 Education in Islam Pages 56-88

Week 10:
 Discussion on movie based
assignment Pakistan 2006 PDF Class based Reading assignment
 Education in Pakistan Reflective journal 2

Week 11: Foundations of education Group Work:

 Curriculum Organization Ornstein/Levine Students will select one country
o Subject Centered Pages 414-442 and in groups of four discuss
o Student Centered their educational system.
o Comparing both
approaches
Week 12:
 Innovative Instructional
Approaches

Week 13: Foundations of education Reading Assignment 3

 Why teach Ornstein/Levine Foundations of education
 Views about teaching as a Pages 1-50 Ornstein/Levine
profession Pages 246-282
Week 14:
 Discussion on Reading
Assignment 3 Essay:
 Class presentation on “GOOD TEACHER”
various educational systems
of world
Week 15:
Reflections