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.