EDUC 580 - Multicul Persp-Childhd & Youth

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course examines the impact of different backgrounds and life experiences on children from multicultural life circumstances through critical analysis of memoirs and novels of childhood and youth and movies on the educational experiences of children and youth. Students in the course also examine their own educational biography to understand the impact of their experiences on their education and the development of their professional stance as teachers. The course prepares preservice and inservice teachers to be sensitive to differences in children’s learning and children’s needs due to differences in their backgrounds, personal and social histories, associations, ethnicities, gender identification, learning styles, and differences from other sources.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or graduate status.