ECED 211:E - Equity in Education

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 33
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Examination of historical and institutional oppression and how these systems of oppression operate in educational settings. Focuses on how teachers can interrupt this oppression and create more equitable classrooms for all students.

Prerequisite: None.
General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

Equity Degree Requirement:

Fulfills Equity Foundation Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of the historically and socially constructed nature of human differences, with a particular focus on power and privilege.
Identify prevailing systems of power and one’s individual and group status.
Reflect critically on one’s ethical role and identity as an early childhood educator.
Apply equitable and anti-racist communication strategies and skills appropriate in an early childhood classroom.
Implement a plan to make an early childhood classroom more equitable.

Course Contents

Anti-bias and non-sexist curricula.
Homophobia in the educational environment.
Institutional racism.
Equity gap.
Implicit bias.
Privilege.
Equitable instructional strategies.
Culturally responsiveness.

Instructional Units: 3