EDU 203 Multicultural Education
This course introduces prospective urban teacher candidates to core concepts and approaches of multicultural education including issues related to student, family and community diversity based on race, culture, language, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability. Issues of oppression, privilege and equity in relation to schools and society are also addressed as students use their life experiences as a multicultural reference point to begin to understand the life experiences of the diverse students who attend urban public schools. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating the multicultural competence required of all successful teachers working with diverse urban youth. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.
Note: This course is required for admission to the Urban Teacher Program. Clinical field experience hours are part of the course requirements.
Special information
3 Undergraduate credits
Effective January 4, 2002 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Demonstrate an ability to work with a culturally diverse student population.
- Demonstrate awareness of personal and social identities based on race, social class, gender, language, sexual orientation, and disability.
- Demonstrate knowledge of various cultural/racial groups in the United States and contributions to American society.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical practices that increase awareness and appreciation for a variety of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
- Describe and analyze learning approaches for achieving educational equity with diverse populations.
- Develop a personal philosophy of the role of multicultural education curriculum.
- Know issues, concepts, and effective approaches to multicultural education.
- Know strategies and interventions to dismantle oppression and the "isms" in educational settings.
- Learn differences in family structures and cultural backgrounds.
- Recognize the interrelationships among culture and language.
- Understand changing demographics and their affect on schooling in Minnesota and the nation.
- Understand privilege and various forms of personal and institutional forms of oppression.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 7: Human Diversity
- Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States' history and culture.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
- Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.
- Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
- Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.
Fall 2024
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Multicultural Education | Peer, Malik Lamont | Books for EDU-203-01 Fall 2024 | Course details for EDU-203-01 Fall 2024 |
| 02 | Multicultural Education | Bryant, Larry Curtis | Books for EDU-203-02 Fall 2024 | Course details for EDU-203-02 Fall 2024 |
Spring 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Multicultural Education | Peer, Malik Lamont | Books for EDU-203-01 Spring 2025 | Course details for EDU-203-01 Spring 2025 |