EDS 7870 Understanding Diversity in Education

This course will examine organizational and professional access and equity in the contexts of culture, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, ability, and gender-viewing these contexts through connections among divisions of labor, class structures, power relationships, group marginalization, cultural images, residential patterns, health, family life, employment, education, and values. In addition to the challenges related to diversity, participants will also explore aspects of diversity as potential assets in creating rich and productive professional environments. Students will then apply the knowledge they gain from these explorations to the framing, analyzing, and generating solutions to contemporary educational problems.

Registration Name

Diversity in Education

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

EDD 8849

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Understand how the mindsets of teachers and students affect student achievement.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of responsive teaching and assessment designed to meet the needs of students who differ in readiness, learning profiles, interests, and environmental influences.
3. Apply the principles of differentiated instruction and assessment to a selected subgroup of learners or to a selected area of instructional development while incorporating a review of relevant literature and previous research.
4. Examine personal beliefs, synthesize ideas from research, and incorporate these ideas into a reflection of personal mindsets regarding student potential and instructional planning.