EDU 510 - Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms

This course emphasizes culturally responsive practices for creating, building, and sustaining inclusive classroom environments as a foundation for learning. Students acknowledge their own cultural identities and heritage as a foundation for building responsive classrooms. Students examine classroom management programs from a variety of disciplinary traditions including behaviorist, public health informed practices, and restorative justice practices. In the interest of meeting the needs of both group dynamics and the individual needs of K-12 students, the course emphasizes organization of the physical classroom, creating routines, and the importance of universal high expectations. Students will explore social frameworks, including culturally responsive teaching, teacher-student relationships, school-family partnerships, and community building. Students will gain strategies to promote motivation for learning by empowering K-12 students to engage in self-directed learning in inclusive, democratic classrooms.

Prerequisite(s):

Co-requisite(s): Co-requisite enrollment in USM teacher education internship/student teaching course - EDU 543 or EDU 550 , or with Teacher Education Department approval.
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Education