In seminar style students will examine their personal relationship to education and culture while exploring topics of race, privilege, power and cultural identify. Cultural influences will be examined to better understand the complex world of education and its relationship to society. Student participation is highly critical and many class sessions are facilitated by class members. To enhance the learning process guest speakers will help to bring students outside the world of Sterling College and explore topics in greater detail.

This course counts as one of the required two 400-level seminars

Course Faculty

Jordan Zaber

John Zaber

I arrived at Sterling College in the autumn of 1983 as a student. I returned in the fall of 1994 as an admissions counselor – since then I have held…

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