EDD 8856 Collaborative Communities: Innovative Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Environment

Essential to effective schools is attention to the establishment and maintenance of communities that value, understand, and strive for appropriate responses to diversity. Collaborative communities require leaders who embrace multiculturalism in order to create positive social change and who examine their own context with regard to race, sex, religion and cultural ethnicity. By reflecting on one's own experiences, beliefs and roles in the multicultural environment, candidates will explore ways to build positive relationships and communities of learners in a rapidly changing and diverse world and specifically in school environments.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus/Athens Campus: 1st summer in sequence

Student Learning Outcomes

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OUTCOMES (See School of Education Syllabus A – IV)

COURSE OUTCOMES :

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. support ways to build positive and respectful relationships and communities of learners that strive for civil and respectful responses to diversity ((DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 1,2,4,5, 7]
2. demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to all aspects of a child’s well-being (DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 2,4,5, 6, 7]
3. effectively address multiple intelligences, learning styles, and areas of exceptionality (DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 1,2,4,5, 6, 7]
4. use knowledge of students’ unique cultures, experiences, and communities to sustain a culturally responsive classroom (DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 1,2,3,4,5, 7]
5. use appropriate resources, materials, and technology to enhance instruction for diverse learning (DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
6. advocate for curriculum, instruction, learning environments, and opportunities that support the diverse needs of and high expectations for all students (DCLO – 5, 6, & 7) [C&I Standard: 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7]