Issues in Urban Teaching

Catalog description

This course is designed to expose you to issues in urban education. Some of you may have already spent considerable time in classrooms as teacher aides or paraprofessionals, or maybe even as teachers. The majority of us spent time in schools as students. Now we are preparing to enter the vital and rewarding field of teaching. As we prepare for this role reversal, we must have a deeper understanding of schooling, particularly in urban settings, so that we can begin to tackle the challenges we will face both within and outside of the classroom. Throughout this course, we will challenge one another to grow not only in our understanding of the issues that affect urban education, but also insofar as our own personal philosophies of teaching are constantly evolving. Service- learning is a vehicle we will use to get hands-on experience tackling issues impacting urban education. Prerequisite(s): Complete EDF-249 or SOCSCI-249 with a grade of C or higher.