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Sociocultural Foundations of Education

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
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TuTh 6p.m. – 9p.m.		 University Hall Y03-3380 3 $2421 (guest students)
Date
-
Time
TuTh 6p.m. – 9p.m.
Location
University Hall Y03-3380
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2421 (guest students)

Description

This course examines the interrelationships among students, schools, and society. Participants learn about the ways in which race, class, language, and ethnicity influence how we define ourselves and each other in our various encounters within the broader culture of US society. The course examines the historical antecedents influencing how the lives of the immigrant and colonized peoples in the US are defined. It is designed as a foundation for understanding the policies, goals, assumptions, strategies, and practices of multicultural approaches to education. It draws on a variety of models to construct educational curricula that are multicultural and socially reconstructionist. Readings are placed within the context of public schooling today in order to develop students' "cultural consciousness" and awareness of the individual and shared societal assumptions we bring to our teaching experiences. This class includes required fieldwork hours.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Summer Session 2, 6 weeks

Class Dates

-

Location

University Hall Y03-3380

Enrolled / Capacity

2 / 20

Status

Closed

Instructor

To be Announced

Tuition*

$2421 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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