History of Education
EDCI 658
Spring 2009
Last Updated, January 22, 2009
Texas A&M University
College of Education
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture

Course Description: The genesis of formal education in the Western world beginning with the ancient Greeks and working through the Enlightenment; tracing the idea that schooling is a fundamental part of human existence and therefore crucial to all questions concerning the human condition. (Texas A&M Graduate Catalog, 2006-2007 page 315).

 Instructor Lynn M. Burlbaw
 Office Harrington Tower 330
 Office Hours See Web Page
 Class Meeting Class will meet each Thursday night from 5:45 to 8:35
 Meeting Site Harrington Tower 215
 Email burlbaw@neo.tamu.edu
Course Listserv edci658@listserv.tamu.edu
 Web Site http://lburlbaw.cehd.tamu.edu
 Home Phone 979-589-3699
 Office Phone 979-845-6195
 Fax 979-845-9663

Required Textbook:
Gutek, Gerald L. A History of the Western Educational Experience, 2nd ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1995. ISBN 0-88133-818-4

Chapter Presentation Schedule

Building Biography Identification Form

 Link to School Biography Schedule

Supplemental Reading for January 29th

Link to Resource Page

Assignments

Syllabus