EDUC 2301 - Introduction to Special Populations

Institution:

Northwest Vista College

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Description:

Prerequisites:EDUC 1301 Corequisites: None An enriched, integrated pre-service course and content experience that provides an overview of schooling and classrooms from the perspectives of language, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic and academic diversity, and equity with an emphasis on factors that facilitate learning; provides students with opportunities to participate in early field observations of P-12 special populations; course content should be aligned as applicable with State Board for Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities standards; course must include a minimum of 16 contact hours of field experience in P-12 classrooms with special populations. Students will explore the relationship between schools and diversity within contemporary American society. They will examine the various social problems that students face and the need to establish an educational philosophy that can help meet the many challenges these problems cause. Students will demonstrate critical thinking in determining the interconnections of the above issues. (CIP 1301015109)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.alamo.edu/nvc/

Phone Number:

(210) 486-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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