EDUC 101
Reimagining Public Education
Martin Paul Smith
Description from DukeHub
Interdisciplinary examination of issues confronting the US education system including historical, political, economic, philosophical, social, ethical, and cultural perspectives. Exploration of future trends and promising practices that compel a reimagining of the US public school system. Appropriate for students at any level (1st year - senior) and for students with an interest in the ways education intersects with their major course of study. Required participation in service-learning.
Skills
- fieldworkdescription: "service-learning" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "service-learning"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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