Teaching Diverse Learners

Catalog description

This course explores the responsibilities of educators to actively consider the needs of various student-learner populations (i.e., students with exceptional needs, socioeconomic disadvantages, ethnic diversities, cultural and religious beliefs, and family dynamics) and the best practices for addressing them. Educators would research and acquire proactive approaches to build inclusion and community within a school, as part of a classroom setting, and through authentic relationship building. In addition, the role of the teacher as an advocate for student-learners and learner needs is examined.