EDF 2085 - Teaching Diverse Populations

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): ENC1101 with C
Corequisite(s): None
This course provides prospective educators the opportunity to develop their understanding of student diversity and its impact on teaching and learning. Students will explore personal attitudes towards diverse student groups and examine issues that arise in diverse classrooms. They will develop their knowledge of the influence membership in a diverse student group has on the educational experience, analyze specific ways that teachers’ actions influence students and learning of diverse student populations within local, national, and international context, and begin to acquire the skills necessary for working with diverse student populations. This course requires students to volunteer for a minimum of 30 hours of field-based experience over a specified time, in a diverse public-school classroom, under the supervision of a certified teacher, during the semester of enrollment in the course. Students must meet all volunteer requirements of the school board or agency with which they are completing their field-based experience. This course is strongly recommended for admission to any Florida state university teacher education program and fulfills the Global Socio-Cultural Responsibility General Education Learning Outcome.
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)