EDUC 10
Introduction to Educational Issues and Scholarship
Description: Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to broad landscape of public education in U.S. Intended for those interested in educational research, policy, or teaching in both formal and informal educational contexts. Readings highlight work of educational researchers from UCLA's Department of Education, especially ways their scholarship intersects with policy and practice. Students work in groups to identify real-life problem affecting public education in Los Angeles. Study of this problem from multiple perspectives. Conceptualization of socially-just solution. Letter grading.
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Winter 2024 - YES YES YES, please take this class. If you are looking for a GE requirement, this class is for you. Professor Barry was an amazing professor who listened to her students and made sure the class was not too much work or too difficult for her students. There were no tests and the final was basically a 2 page blog about a topic we discussed during class. The assignments were 2 paragraph assignments, one for the weekly readings (which were very short), one during class, and one during discussion section. Overall, outside of class, I spent about 1 hour a week on the class. It is super light and super interesting as well. I learned a lot through the discussion based nature of the class, and overall the entire teaching staff is super friendly. Oh, did I forget to mention that all the grades are based on completion (but you have to make your writing associated with the topic at hand). Yea, overall this class is awesome and anyone looking to fill up a GE, this class is for you.
Winter 2024 - YES YES YES, please take this class. If you are looking for a GE requirement, this class is for you. Professor Barry was an amazing professor who listened to her students and made sure the class was not too much work or too difficult for her students. There were no tests and the final was basically a 2 page blog about a topic we discussed during class. The assignments were 2 paragraph assignments, one for the weekly readings (which were very short), one during class, and one during discussion section. Overall, outside of class, I spent about 1 hour a week on the class. It is super light and super interesting as well. I learned a lot through the discussion based nature of the class, and overall the entire teaching staff is super friendly. Oh, did I forget to mention that all the grades are based on completion (but you have to make your writing associated with the topic at hand). Yea, overall this class is awesome and anyone looking to fill up a GE, this class is for you.
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Winter 2023 - In short, TAKE IT! Megan is the best. She's caring (you can see how close I feel to her when I'm using her first name to refer to her, and she preferred that), understanding, and not a believer in grades, so if you can come to all sessions and finish the homework (which is not heavy), you'll get an easy and guaranteed A (She doesn't offer A+ though, but that does not hurt your GPA anyways). As a GE, this course is easy and light; as a major/minor requirement, this course is interesting in content and engaging in format, which ultimately drew me to the Education and Social Transformation major. Course and Homework Compositions: - One 2hr lecture and one 2hr discussion per week (They are VERY intriguing! I had 8 AM discussions with her and never missed a single one of them. I even felt sorry when she had to cancel some of them for holidays.) - Two weekly reflections graded based on completion (1 double-spaced page each) - Some readings (provided on bruinlearn so you don't have to pay extra bucks, can be a little bit intense sometimes, but skim reading will be enough) - One blog (1.5 to 3 single-spaced pages) for the end of the quarter assignment, also graded based on completion And that's it! No midterms, no finals, no long AF essays and other kinds of BS. So yeah, TAKE IT if it's offered. You will not regret it.
Winter 2023 - In short, TAKE IT! Megan is the best. She's caring (you can see how close I feel to her when I'm using her first name to refer to her, and she preferred that), understanding, and not a believer in grades, so if you can come to all sessions and finish the homework (which is not heavy), you'll get an easy and guaranteed A (She doesn't offer A+ though, but that does not hurt your GPA anyways). As a GE, this course is easy and light; as a major/minor requirement, this course is interesting in content and engaging in format, which ultimately drew me to the Education and Social Transformation major. Course and Homework Compositions: - One 2hr lecture and one 2hr discussion per week (They are VERY intriguing! I had 8 AM discussions with her and never missed a single one of them. I even felt sorry when she had to cancel some of them for holidays.) - Two weekly reflections graded based on completion (1 double-spaced page each) - Some readings (provided on bruinlearn so you don't have to pay extra bucks, can be a little bit intense sometimes, but skim reading will be enough) - One blog (1.5 to 3 single-spaced pages) for the end of the quarter assignment, also graded based on completion And that's it! No midterms, no finals, no long AF essays and other kinds of BS. So yeah, TAKE IT if it's offered. You will not regret it.
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Fall 2024 - This class was great! I loved it taking it as a beginning class entering college. The professor and the TA are awesome and are always there to support you in anything that you might need. They make the classroom environment in lecture and discussion both engaging and fun to learn. Although this lecture was at 8am, I enjoyed coming to this class. Another good thing that I liked about this class and the professor was that we also got an assignment that I really liked that was about going outside and exploring nature! Something that's not usual now in days because we are always stuck on the computer screens :( So, I really appreciate this class a lot and I will continue to recommend this class and professor to future students!!!
Fall 2024 - This class was great! I loved it taking it as a beginning class entering college. The professor and the TA are awesome and are always there to support you in anything that you might need. They make the classroom environment in lecture and discussion both engaging and fun to learn. Although this lecture was at 8am, I enjoyed coming to this class. Another good thing that I liked about this class and the professor was that we also got an assignment that I really liked that was about going outside and exploring nature! Something that's not usual now in days because we are always stuck on the computer screens :( So, I really appreciate this class a lot and I will continue to recommend this class and professor to future students!!!
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Fall 2023 - This class was very easy. Attendance was only mandatory for discussion, but even then you really don't need to do much for discussion. The lectures were not my favorite, but the professor and TA were nice and helpful. There are readings, but truthfully I feel like you don't exactly have to do it and can just bs your way through this class.
Fall 2023 - This class was very easy. Attendance was only mandatory for discussion, but even then you really don't need to do much for discussion. The lectures were not my favorite, but the professor and TA were nice and helpful. There are readings, but truthfully I feel like you don't exactly have to do it and can just bs your way through this class.
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Winter 2025 - I took this class as a GE, and it is the easiest GE I have ever taken. There was no test, no presentation, just some writing assignments that involved a bit of reading. There were supposed to be weekly reflections, but the professor cancelled some because he knew some students were going through the fire, their midterm, and their final. Our final is a two-page blog assignment on a topic we discussed in class that you found interesting. The professor actually takes the time to read through everything we wrote and provides feedback on it. Attendance in lecture and discussion is mandatory, but you are allowed up to 1 absence without penalty.
Winter 2025 - I took this class as a GE, and it is the easiest GE I have ever taken. There was no test, no presentation, just some writing assignments that involved a bit of reading. There were supposed to be weekly reflections, but the professor cancelled some because he knew some students were going through the fire, their midterm, and their final. Our final is a two-page blog assignment on a topic we discussed in class that you found interesting. The professor actually takes the time to read through everything we wrote and provides feedback on it. Attendance in lecture and discussion is mandatory, but you are allowed up to 1 absence without penalty.
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