Social Justice, Equity and Education: An Introduction (PE)

2 credits · Undergraduate

offers students an introduction to concepts and issues of social justice and equity as they relate to school and classroom culture and effective teaching and learning. Students will examine the basis of social inequity and its effects in education locally and worldwide, explore meanings of social justice and determine its importance as an educational priority, and review and develop curriculum, pedagogy and policies to build more equitable and just classrooms and school communities.