Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies, Seminar I

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

The Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies Seminar I is designed to serve as a foundation for the master's program, Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies (LDUS). Students in the LDUS program enroll in a yearlong seminar (Seminar I and II) that has been designed to build programmatic synergy and coherence among the central strands of the program (learning, diversity, and urban studies). To build programmatic coherence, students in the LDUS Seminar I will address some of the pertinent matters regarding in-school and out-of school teaching and learning. Essential topics of the course include race and equity in urban and diverse contexts, poverty, social class and stratification, teacher and student identity development, teachers and teaching in urban contexts, learning in urban contexts, curriculum development, and classroom management. [3]