EDU3560 Teaching Diverse Learners in Middle and Secondary Schools

This course examines the opportunities and challenges of teaching all students from diverse backgrounds and with different needs in middle and secondary schools. There is a particular emphasis on aspects of identity such as race, gender, sexuality, home language, class, and ability. Related topics include culturally-informed pedagogies, anti-bias education, neurodiversity, special education, multilingualism, and partnership with families. This course requires completion of an integrated 30-hour field experience at a local school.

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

EDU 2110, or EDU 2500, or SOC 2430 (if seeking teacher licensure)

Course Types

Poverty and Social Justice Elective; Internship

Offered

Spring

Course Outcomes

1. Teacher candidates will examine the relationship between your own identities and your expectations and assumptions regarding diverse learners.
2. Teacher candidates will understand the experiences of diverse learners, including the legal, philosophical, societal, and structural issues surrounding and affecting those experiences.
3. Teacher candidates will demonstrate the dispositions and competencies necessary for teaching diverse learners.
4. Teacher candidates will identify curricula and practice teaching methods that allow diverse learners to thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and culturally.
5. Teacher candidates will locate resources that help to meet the needs of diverse learners, including support specialists, communities, and families.
6. Teacher candidate will know opportunities and challenges for partnership with families and caregivers