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Class
Schedule
Time Schedule
*These works will be subject of class seminar
January 10. Introduction and snapshot of the economy
Skill and Education; Lean Production, Gender, Race
January 17. Labor Force Possibilities
Reich, Robert B. 1991. "The Real Economy." THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY 267(2)
February: 35- 52.
Peter Drucker, "The Age of Social Transformation," The Monthly Atlantic
(1994) pp. 53-80
Hecksher, Excerpts from the New Unionism, Chs 5 &6
*Parker, "Industrial Relations Myth and Shop Floor Reality, The Team
Concept in the Auto Industry"
January 24. History and International Comparisons/Competitiveness Labor
Force
Jacoby, "Transformation of Industrial Apprenticeship," JEH,
1991
*Rohlen: "Learning: The Mobilization of Knowledge in the Japanese
Political Economy"
Culpepper, "The Future of the High Wage Equilibrium in Germany," Oxford
Review, Spr 1999
January 31. Motives: Opportunity and Purposes
Meritocracy Intro and Part 1 (to page 32)
Right to Learn, Chapter 1 (to page 36)
*John Dewey: Democracy and Education (Free Press, 1916)
Lareau, "Social Class Dfferences in Family-School Relationship:
THe importance of Cultural Capital," Sociology of Ed. 60:2, pp.
73-85
February 7. Snapshot of Education I
*Friedman: What's Wrong with our Schools?
Berliner and Biddle, Manufactured Crisis, Ch. 2
Meritocracy Ch. 3; Ch 5; and Ch. 7
Right to Learn Ch 2-3 (to page 95)
Optional: David L. Kirp, ""What School Choice Really Means," The Atlantic
Monthly (November 1992) 119-132 7.
February 14. Snapshots of Education II
Right to Learn; Ch 4-6 (to page 209)
*Stedman; The Crisis is Real, EPAA 4.3
Optional: Berliner and Biddle: Making Molehills out of Molehills, EPAA
4:6
Optional: Stedman: Respecting the Evidence. 4:7
February 21. Teachers and Education
Right to Learn Ch. 7 to Conclusion (*Ch. 7 for critical comments)
United Mind Workers; Parts 1 and 2 (to page 102)
February 28. Teachers and Organization
*United Mind Workers Parts 3 and 4 (chapter 11 for critical comments)
Meritocracy Ch 8 to Skim Ch. 9
March 7. Higher Education
Aronowitz, Knowledge Factory, to p. 124
*Burton Clark: The Cooling Out Function in Higher Education
McPherson & Schapiro, "The Student Finance System for Undergraduate
Education, How well does it work?" Challenge, 1991, pp. 16-22.
Hossler, Braxton, Coppersmith, "Understanding Student College
Choice," 1996
Optional: Jacoby, Progress on Contingent Academic Labor
March 14. Higher Education II
Aronowitz, Knowledge Factory, Finish text
*Lemons, Deep Springs College
Jacoby, Authority, Democracy and Interdisciplinarity
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