ECED-413 Teaching the Young Child in a Culturally
This course is designed to prepare teacher candidates with a foundation for culturally responsive teaching culturally diverse populations of students in the PreK-3 setting. As educators, our role is to ensure that all students feel welcomed, accepted physically and socially, and emotionally safe; listened to, valued, and have the confidence to participate 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 students' potential in today's culturally diverse, technological world. 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.