Loved this class. Professor Santibanez is definitely the best professor I’ve ever had.
Workload for this class is extremely low.
Grade is based on attendance, exit ticket (there is 9 but only 6 ticket count), three case study with your group during discussion session, and it’s super easy and fun, and a in person final exam (4 mini essay question, questions are very easy and she is not too strict on grading it).
Definitely recommend this class for all the education majors, or just need to satisfy GE requirement.

Overall Review: Amazing professor. Low effort; high reward class. This is what all GE's should look like. It was fun and never stressed me out.

Lecture: Once a week, "mandatory" but the exit tickets posted after class is how she takes attendance (two are dropped). Exit tickets are P/NP, just relate it back to the lecture content and you'll pass.

Discussion: Long discussion but you use every second of the class time and there are "case studies" which is essentially just a poster about the case you read about (typically a short reading thats interesting). Three in total, the first two are P/NP and the third is graded. You work in a group with a few other students but its the same students every week which made it fun because everyone started to become friends.

Tests: No midterm but there is a final which is composed of four mini essays (350 words). Unlimited cheat sheet, compose as much information you think you'll need to write a strong paper.

Readings: No required textbook, she provides all the readings. Usually one short reading a week that is "required", I rarely read anything unless it related to the case study (makes the case study easier and faster).

The course tends to focus on aspects that are not related to education such as slavery in the first few weeks and history of how race played. I would have liked a lot more focus on the current system that exists right now and the different ways that this interacts on a detailed format instead of vague statements of its structure given. Overall, was simple and did not require a lot of effort or time, definitely recommend as an easy GE. None of the readings are truly required.

I took this class as a GE after taking EDUC 10, also as a GE. This class was so chill. Participation wasn't tracked in lectures, only discussion. I honestly BS'ed my way through this class with extremely low effort until the day before the final, which was 4 mini-essays but open-note (printed/handwritten). The final was also online (with webcam Respondus proctoring) due to the protests/TA strike. I do think it was totally doable after spending just a few hours the night before compiling 5-10 pages of printed notes. Throughout the quarter, there's 3 case studies (~5 page essay that you work on in groups based on an education study). It's more chill than it sounds, since everyone contributes. You choose one of the case studies at the end to present/make a quick video on before the final. Other than that, just a weekly reflection (few sentences to a paragraph) that's basically completion-based. There was no midterm. Not sure if it will be different as we had the Palestine protests/TA strike, and 3/4 TA's in this class went on strike. Overall, super chill class + would recommend as a GE! The professor was also really nice, as well as my TA, Claudia.