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Apr 28, 2024
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Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EDUC 140 Diversity in Education3 credits
Students will explore social justice issues and build cultural competency in an educational setting. Students will examine in depth the historical and current impact of children’s, teachers’, and families’ cultural context in our schools.
Prerequisites: ABED 040 (or placement into MATH 087 or higher) and ABED 046 (or placement into ENGL 093 or higher)
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Identify and define appropriate terminology in multicultural education
- Describe and critically evaluate and communicate the social, political and cultural origins and manifestations of racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism/homophobia, ableism, and ageism in the current education system
- Identify and critically analyze the cultural contexts that have shaped the student’s experiences as well as those of the children and families served in the educational setting
- Explain the impact of bias on the healthy growth and development of all children
- Define and describe the following approaches: anti-bias, multicultural, culturally relevant, and bilingual/bicultural
- Design, assess, and adjust a culturally relevant anti-bias curriculum
Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:
- apply developmentally appropriate guidance techniques
- be prepared to create a learning environment that fosters language, social, cognitive, and motor skills in young children
- be prepared to communicate in verbal and written format with the parents
Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of intercultural appreciation.
Total Hours: 30 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 30
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