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EDUC 2120. Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Diversity in Educational Contexts. Given the
rapidly changing demographics in our state and country this course is designed to equip future teacherswith the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diversebackgrounds. Specifically, this course is designed to examine 1) the nature and function of culture; 2) thedevelopment of individual and group cultural identity; 3) definitions and implications of diversity, and 4)the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy. EDUC 2120 includes ten hours of field experience.
Prerequisite: Passing or exempting READ 0099. 3-0-3
Given the rapidly changing demographics in our state and country this course is designed to equip future teachers with the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diverse backgrounds. Specifically, this course is designed to examine 1) the nature and function of culture; 2) the development of individual and group cultural identity; 3) definitions and implications of diversity, and 4) the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy.
Course purpose:
The course is designed as a fundamental study, which forms the basis for future learning in teacher education and provides an orientation to teaching as a profession. It is here that the student gets exposure to the classroom and Social-Cultural issues from the perspective of a future teacher. The course provides students opportunities to analyze many Social-Cultural issues that are a part of our educational system. As a result, some students may learn that teaching is not for them. This is one of the purposes of the course, for it is advantageous to the student to make this decision early in his/her career.
This course has been designed to engage your brain and require critical thinking and reflective thought concerning a variety of educational issues. It is important to note that there are no solid answers to most educational issues faced in our society. Therefore, your work in this class will reflect individual and personal responses and supported rationales. Each student will not respond to a particular educational issue in the same manner as another student; and this is normal, desired, and expected. There are no "correct" answers. Critical and thoughtful responses to most educational questions are the norm.