Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Focuses on developing approaches for multicultural and anti-racist teaching. Topics include: diversity of race, language and culture among learners; identifying the operation of racism, prejudice and discrimination in classrooms and schools; becoming familiar with a variety of approaches such as: co-operative learning, culturally appropriate assessment, and community involvement to counteract and prevent negative classroom and school dynamics; identifying bias in curriculum resources; and locating entry points in selected curriculum areas (e.g. language arts, social studies, art, music, etc.) for integrating approaches which employ a range of multicultural/anti-racist curriculum resources. Students with credit for EDUC 382: Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

The general aim of this course is to help you reflect on, define and thereby strengthen your position and practice as an educator in a multiethnic, racial, multilingual, diverse community. The course will provide you with resources to help you reflect on issues relating to culture, race, difference and intercultural relations in Canadian educational contexts. It is meant to deepen your understanding of this subject that is marked by people’s experiences and social relations between people of diverse backgrounds. These include the historical and socio-cultural and political roots of multiculturalism in a Canadian context, understanding self and relationships in the context of ethnic and cultural diversity, and educational strategies associated with multicultural and anti-racist education as social transformation. We will explore topics such as the history of multiculturalism, terms and language associated with multicultural and anti-racist education, and the operation of racism, prejudice and discrimination in classrooms and schools. We will engage in critical analyses of how power and privilege are systemic, and reproduce inequities. Before we design strategies for effective and successful teaching, we will understand ways in which curriculum and teaching approaches can perpetuate existing social inequities, and be able to examine curriculum materials and resources for bias and prejudice. Through defining our own values, goals and educational objectives in a specific educational context, we will then address the design of strategies for successful learning and teaching.

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Additional Course Fee: $40

All Required Readings listed below are not provided by the Distance Education Office (CODE).

REQUIRED READING: