Teaching Content in Diverse Classrooms

Catalog description

This course will enable Subject Matter Education candidates to gain a multifaceted understanding of the individual and institutional elements that impact student achievement and schooling experience. Candidates will investigate the roles the gender, SES, race, ethnicity, home language, religion, and other identity-based aspects shape school experiences, learning, and achievement. Candidates will then learn about specific approaches and instructional practices that they can use in the classroom to promote learning for culturally and linguistically diverse students, including teaching academic language, differentiating instruction and assessments, and supporting home, community and school partnership.