EDU 3000 - Diverse Learners: Teaching and Learning! (3)

When Offered: Fall; Spring; Summer Session
Classrooms are dynamic spaces where teachers and students with a range of identities and experiences come together to learn in community. Students will utilize a variety of pedagogical strategies to assist in the development of meaningful relationships in the classroom by reflecting on their own experiences/identities and learning about their students and their families. Students explore a range of research-based approaches to provide culturally relevant and inclusive instruction. Emphasis will be placed on understanding teaching and learning from an ecological systems perspective that takes into account individual, family, school, and broader sociocultural and political factors. Forty(40) hours of clinical experience is required (Lab registration required).
Course should not be taken concurrently with EDU 3100- Assessment for Learning. A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) must be earned by Teacher Education majors.
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education is required.