Child-Adolescent Dvl-Diversity

Catalog description

This course will introduce foundational knowledge and interconnections between students, families, schools, and communities through discussions of cultural issues and respect for difference. Understanding what students and families bring to the classroom, such as linguistic differences, and how this both enhances the learning environment and challenges teachers is explored. Difference of another type, children with disabilities, is also investigated with a focus on knowing about their developmental characteristics, strengths, and needs. Technology as a tool to research and communicate these topics as well as serve the discussed constituents will be integrated and modeled to provide a connective foundation across the course.