EDR 514 - Developing Multicultural Competencies: Literacy for Social Justice (3 cr.)

Affirm, respect, and value cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity through the development of multicultural competencies. Respond to increasing diversity in classrooms through conscious awareness and use of multiple, integrated, practical, and creative problem-solving strategies adapted to the specific needs and interests of children in all areas of literacy. Explore literature that reflects diversity and issues of social justice. Study systems of dominance and marginalization with specific attention to the role of literacy within such systems.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in B.A./M.S.T. Adolescence Ed., B.S./M.S.Ed. Childhood/Special Ed., M.S.T., or M.S.Ed. program AND one of the following: EDR 501 or EDR 513 or EDR 524.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer