Course Description

This course covers the research, theory, philosophy, and practical implications of employing culturally responsive pedagogy, practices, and programming in and across school boundaries. Specifically, this course explores the seminal work of scholars and educators such as Gloria Ladson-Billings, Geneva Gay, Gary R. Howard, Christopher Emdin, and Django Paris, with the goals of preparing teacher candidates to develop reciprocal relationships with students and communities, while simultaneously employing exemplar cultural teaching methods within their professional practice. Additionally, this course will assist students in learning about and developing culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy in their different content/subject matter areas.

Course Syllabi

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Why was this course your focus?

“The course that I revised is titled EDU-390 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. The course is required for all of our students to graduate from our Teacher Education program.”

Community of Practice Reflections

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Artifacts

This artifact is a rubric for culturally responsive lessons and assignments, developed by Jean Aguilar-Valdez, 2015.

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