ECED 140 Diversity in Education

3 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 40 (or placement into MATH 87 or higher) and ABED 46 (or placement into ENGL 93 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

Total Hours: 30 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 30