ECED 311 - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Learn about Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Explores the fundamental principles, strategies, and practices necessary to create an inclusive and culturally aware classroom environment. Participants will delve into the dynamic interplay between language, culture, and learning, equipping them with the tools to foster a supportive and diverse educational setting.

Prerequisite: ECED 360 and ECED 390 with a C or higher.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Describe the role of language and culture in learning.
Summarize strategies for inviting and utilizing the input and contributions from families to better understand and support each learner’s development.
Plan a lesson that caters to diverse learning strengths and needs.
Articulate the assets that learners in their practicum setting have based on their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, and cultural backgrounds and how they can be utilized for learning.
Use verbal and non-verbal communication strategies in ways that show respect and responsiveness to learners’ cultural backgrounds and diverse perspectives.
Deliver a lesson that integrates learners’ experiences, cultures, and community resources into the plan and instruction.
Analyze their own sociocultural positioning and its potential influence on their work as a teacher.
Contrast culturally responsive teaching practices with non-responsive educational practices.

Course Contents

Role of language and culture in learning.
Strategies for inviting and utilizing the input and contributions from families to better understand and support each learner’s development.
Instruction that caters to diverse learning strengths and needs.
Assets that learners bring based on their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, and cultural backgrounds.
Verbal and nonverbal ways that show respect and responsiveness to learners’ cultural backgrounds and diverse perspectives.
A lesson that integrates learners’ experiences, cultures, and community resources into the plan and instruction.
Sociocultural positioning and its potential influence on their work as a teacher.
Culturally responsive teaching practices and non-responsive educational practices.

Instructional Units: 5.5