EDUC 7435 Social Contexts of Education

Name: Social Contexts of Education
Rating: 4.39 (237 reviews)

Examines the role of situational, school, community, peer, and family factors on the education of children. Participants in the course will strive to understand the effects of their own social context on their education, to develop strategies to help students understand their context, and to understand and contribute to what schools can do to improve teaching and learning and school culture for all students regardless of internal and external variables.

Course overview

Department: Teacher Education and Curriculum and Instruction
School: LSOE
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall,Every Spring,Every Summer

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.39 / 5

Based on 237 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Ruoxi Guo
Summer 2026
Aaron Coleman
Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.67/5
Audrey Friedman
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.89/5
Babatunde Alford
Spring 2026, Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.69/5
Chloe Asselin
Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.30/5
Elizabeth Sparks
Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.71/5
Han Gil Kim
Fall 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.37/5
Jeremy Alexander
Summer 2023, Summer 2022 · Official rating 4.39/5
Marisa Segel
Summer 2025 · Official rating 3.69/5
Minh Nguyen
Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.79/5
Myra Reynoso
Fall 2025, Fall 2024 · Official rating 4.75/5

Sections

Section 01
Summer 2026 · Ruoxi Guo · MW 04:00PM-07:00PM · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Instructor not listed · Campion Hall 204 Th 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered
Section 02
Fall 2026 · Instructor not listed · Ashby Hall 108 Sa 08:00AM-05:00PM · Offered