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Who Are We and Where Do We Learn and Teach?

Knowing the individuals in our classrooms, their families, and communities are essential starting points of teaching. Building relationships with learners, learning from them and their experiences, and empowering these in the classroom establishes mutual respect and social contingencies where all class members are contribute to social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Topics include: learner identities, unpacking teacher privilege, intersections of diversity, building on family/community resources, and responding to diversity through individualization.

Course #
EMAT-GE 2001
Credits
4.5
Department
Teaching and Learning