Ethnographic field study is a major component of this course. It will also consider models for teaching academic content in the primary language for delivering the core curriculum to bilingual and limited-English proficient students as well as methods for assessing content knowledge and related skills. This course is culture-specific. Principles of Teaching Exceptional Individuals Examines approaches for teaching exceptional individuals in special and regular education programs. Principles and assumptions underlying alternative approaches are examined.
Emphasis is placed on individualizing curriculum and classroom management.
This course includes field observation in local schools. This course focuses on the analysis of instructional models relevant to public school education, especially effective and equitable education for racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students. Assumptions, procedures, and constraints of a range of strategies are considered in terms of learner, content, and socio-cultural context. Curricular Decision Making This course focuses on analysis of the influence and tensions of psychological, societal, cultural, and instructional factors in curricular decisions. It provides examination of a range of approaches for the practical problems that classroom teachers face in making curricular decisions.