EDUC 504 - Teaching in the Diverse Classroom (3)

This class prepares candidates to look at the factors that make students diverse and the instructional implications for teaching them. Teachers will gain formidable skills in building their students’ resiliency, teaching to students’ learning styles, and minimizing the effects of poverty on student achievement. This course will provide candidates with realistic approaches, strategies, and practices for improving their students’ academic performance in the classroom. Teachers will come away with the ability to identify biases that affect student learning and modify their instructional practices for working with students at risk of failure including English language learners and students from poverty. Offered: Spring.