EDG 2701 - Teaching Diverse Populations

Institution:

Gulf Coast State College

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Description:

This course requires 15 hours of classroom observations in addition to the class time. This course concentrates upon the historical background of the current multi-educational movement. In addition, it examines what teachers can do to make their multicultural classrooms more effective learning communities. Pre-educators and educators alike will discuss the issues about diversity that directly deal with and affect schools in the American education system. Students in this course will work in open forums to discuss and research issues of educational and societal diversity primarily pertaining to K-12 schools. When exiting this course, students will acquire a comprehensive understanding that schools are microcosms of the contemporary society that encompasses them. A background check is required before students can complete the K-12 classroom observations required by this course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.gulfcoast.edu/default.htm

Phone Number:

(850) 769-1551

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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