EDU-532 Culturally Responsive Teach & 21st Cent
This course is designed to prepare teacher candidates with a foundation for educating culturally diverse populations of students in the k-12 school setting. As eduatiors, our role is to ensure that all students feel welcome, accepted, physically, socially, and emotionally safe, listened to, valued and have the confidence to particpate in all school related activities. Since teaching is often influenced by our own experiences and assumptions, it is useful to reflect on our own educational and life experiences, as well as examine diversity and cultural competencies which will help us to attain the tools necessary to maximize our student's potential in today's classroom. This course will consider the role culture plays in teaching and learning and what it means to be culturally responsive in order to establish a classroom in which students can succeed academically and grow socially and emotionally.