Exploring Socio-Culture

Catalog description

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. Students will experience a minimum of 10 hours of field-based learning in authentic school settings, and this learning will be specifically and reflectively connected to core course content.