Structuring the Multi-Cultural Classroom for Academic Success

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Overview

Subject area

EDUC

Catalog Number

353

Course Title

Structuring the Multi-Cultural Classroom for Academic Success

Department(s)

Description

This introductory course utilizes various multi-cultural educational settings to expose the teacher-in-training to children and youth from other cultures. For example, students will visit neighborhoods in Chinatown, Brighton Beach, Spanish Harlem, Central Brooklyn, Flatbush and Bay Ridge, and they will observe the dress, stores, foods, etc., of the people that make up the community. They will then move into the schools and observe classroom interactions and the curricula. The purpose is to discover how cultural diversity is reflected and addressed in the school environment.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

019963

Course Schedule