EDUC 240 - Culture & Human Diversity in Education

3 CR

Focus on concepts, theories, and strategies that constitute major dimensions of a culturally relevant anti-bias curriculum for early childhood and elementary education classrooms.

Course Outcomes

Define and apply key terms and concepts of diversity, inclusion and social justice.
Explain how implicit bias can influence relationships and identity
development.
Identify how systematic power, privilege, and oppression impacts educational systems and the individuals within those systems.
Describe how professional teaching practice is influenced by personal, social and cultural contexts.
Deconstruct biases, stereotypes, and microaggressions present in the school setting.
Articulate how an individual’s family structure, culture, social, emotional and political contexts may impact learning.

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