Diversity In Education

Catalog description

This course will introduce both education and non -education majors to the role of the 21st century school in a diverse society. Students in this course will study important issues, approaches, and strategies in working with and forming connections with a p opulation that is ethnically and culturally diverse. In addition, an emphasis of this course is to promote teaching tolerance and 2025-2026 Campus Academic Catalog 237 anti -bias in a land where discrimination and sexism still exist. To live as an informed and tolerant adult in an increasingly pluralistic America is a major focus of this course. Specific topics to be explored include: understanding ourselves and others’ v alues and belief systems, learning the language of prejudice, and creating unity in a diverse America.