ELD/Dual Language Culture and Language in Classroom Practice

Catalog description

This course examines the many ways in which school educators may build the capacities for cultural and linguistic diversity in the classroom. Special emphasis is placed upon readiness for mutually accommodative professional practices with culturally and linguistically diverse [CLD] students and families in the following areas: foundations of culture and language; critical reflection on practice; maximizing the assets that CLD students and families bring to learning; school and classroom ecology; curriculum conscientiousness; the differentiation of instruction for cultural and linguistic diversity; and a framework for advocacy in practice.