Multicultural Education.

Catalog description

Students will analyze social, cultural, and political issues affecting teachers, schools, students, families, and communities. Students will examine the history, philosophy, goals, teaching strategies, curricula, and practices of multicultural education in order to prepare teachers for dealing with and affirming students from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. The course explores the variables embedded in the U.S. school-society relationship (including equal opportunity, human diversity, social justice, ideology, inclusion/equity, and politics), federal policy and pedagogy surrounding increasing social and cultural diversity in U.S. schools.