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5561 Teaching Diverse Populations In Today's Classrooms (3)

This course focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies for meeting the academic needs and learning styles of culturally diverse students. Emphasis will be placed on critical investigation of the role of socio-cultural dynamics on learning and teaching, and design of curriculum, materials, and pedagogical and disciplinary practices that affirm student's culture. The ultimate goal of the course is to examine ways in which a culture-based curricular perspective provides powerful scaffolding for enabling and empowering educational experiences for diverse students. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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