Diverse and Exceptional Students

Catalog description

This course will cover the basics of diversity and special education issues with which a typical P-12 teacher will be expected to be familiar. The teacher candidate will learn culturally responsive practices and how to employ essential teaching strategies based on students' exceptional needs, abilities, language, and background. Diverse and exceptional students include a varied population that will be spoken of generally as well as the specific populations of English Learners, students with varying abilities, racially diverse populations, culturally diverse students including those from American Indian populations, etc. Teacher candidates will also become familiar with laws and policies governing a teacher's engagement with diverse and exceptional students in the public schools.