Cultural Diversity in Education
Overview
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EDU 210: Cultural Diversity in Education
Course Content & Outcomes
This course prepares potential teachers to examine how race, ethnicity, and cultural differences influence students' experiences in school, and assists teachers in implementing a multicultural approach to teaching by identifying effective teaching styles and practices for a diverse student population.
Content:
- Critical thinking concepts.
- Diverse nature of society.
- Historical events that have impacted multicultural students.
- Current cultural issues that impacting teaching and learning.
- Appropriate teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse students.
Outcomes:
- Describe the elements of the critical thinking process. (1)
- Describe the culturally diverse nature of society. (2)
- Identify historical events that have impacted multicultural and minority students. (3)
- Construct pertinent questions based on current issues that impact culturally diverse students. (4)
- Create effective solutions to problems related to multicultural education. (4)
- Define the concept of multicultural education and its implementation in the public-school classroom. (5)
- Design lesson plans that utilize best practices, including critical thinking, to foster cultural diversity in the classroom. (5)
Material Description
EDU 210: Cultural Diversity in Education
Context for sharing:
I'm sharing this course to support other pre-service teach educators.
Additional information about the resource:
This course requires 10 observation hours.
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