EDU 528 - STU DIVERS&CRITICAL PEDAG

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Education

Description:

This course is designed to help preservice and inservice educators and others in the education enterprise to clarify the philosophical and definitional issues related to pluralistic teaching strategies that reflect diversity, and to derive sound guidelines for multicultural/multilingual programs and practices. The life realities, needs, and aspirations of linguistically and culturally different children and youth are analyzed. Critical theory and more specifically strategies and approaches for facilitating a critical literacy in students will be emphasized in this course. Participants in this course will undertake a comparative approach to similarities and differences between U. S. culture and other cultures with the goal of developing cultural understanding and sensitivity of diverse students and families living in the United States.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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