Description
The purpose of this course is for educators to gain knowledge of factors that impact students? schooling, both at the personal and structural levels. Throughout the course, the following goals for students will be addressed: develop a strong fund of knowledge by identifying factors that impact students? lives, understand sources of, interrelationships among, and consequences of these factors, and become familiar with instructional strategies that take students? backgrounds into account; engage in reflective practice by examining issues regarding the education of young people from diverse backgrounds; become sensitized to equity issues and knowledgeable about education matters related to students? cultural backgrounds, socioeconomic status, gender, and exceptionalities, to name a few.