Culturally Responsive Teaching

Catalog description

This course examines the learner and his/her role in the teaching and learning equation and how the teacher can impact the learning process. The focus of the course is on the interactive nature of teaching for learning in which the teacher continuously and proactively acts to support students and their learning. A major theme of this course is knowing students as individuals and how students’ culture, backgrounds, strengths and challenges affect teaching and learning. Emphasis is also placed on knowing how students learn and the use of this knowledge to support student learning and design effective learning environments. Connecting these two threads is the essential role of the teacher to actively monitor and manage the learning environment and student learning. Through critical analysis and course work, participants analyze and apply these understandings to their teaching context to document their emerging mastery and use of strategies to support student learning.