Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies, Seminar II

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

The Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies Seminar II is a continuation of Seminar I and is designed to deepen students' knowledge related to learning, diversity, and urban studies. Students in the LDUS program have been exposed to a range of important matters related to learning, diversity and urban studies, and the goals of this second seminar are to assist students in expanding their knowledge and understanding related to some of the micro- and macro-level structures and systems that shape urban and highly diverse contexts. The seminar will expose students to the interplay between and among discourses related to policy, geography/social context, reform, and "achievement". While Seminar I was designed to assist students in understanding some broad, yet essential and fundamental, issues and perspectives related to diversity and urban studies, Seminar II is designed to help students deepen their knowledge and to situate and position themselves in ways that will allow them to (re)enter educational institutions and systems prepared to participate and transform them based on what they have come to know. [3]