EDU 600 Principles of Urban Education

General

• Create an educational philosophy based on multicultural education curriculum and multicultural teaching practice, strategies, and/or dispositions.
• Demonstrate an ability to work with a culturally diverse student population.
• Develop an ability to identify cultural and linguistic strengths of urban learners and families to foster student learning.
• Develop an awareness of personal and social identities based on race, social class, gender, language, sexual orientation, and disability and how they impact teaching.
• Develop as a reflective practitioner for the educational setting.
• Develop knowledge of research, theories, and strategies that foster resiliency.
• Expand awareness and understanding how privilege, race, racism, and prejudice influence choices of instructional practice.
• Gain an awareness of family and community dynamics that influence student achievement.
• Identify and analyze learning approaches (e.g., practices) for achieving academic equity and achievement with diverse learners.
• Identify key components that foster school district efforts to close the achievement gap.
• Implement reflective techniques and strategies.
• Learn effective educational practices, strategies, and dispositions that support the academic needs of urban learners.
• Learn the interrelationships of culture, home language, and classroom instruction.
• Understand cultural, ethnic, and linguistic demographics and contributions to schooling in Minnesota and the nation.
• Understand key concepts addressed in the Minnesota Board of Teaching Standards of Effective Practice.
• Understand the lenses of reflective practice.