HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Explores aspects and perspectives of diversity and culture, the concepts and importance of culturally responsive teaching, health education, and the Act 31 requirement for teacher education students. Perform a cultural self-mapping to become knowledgeable of how cultural background influences personal attitudes and actions, and attend a cross-cultural event to experience life in "another person's shoes." Engage in a multicultural field experience.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Physical Education or Health Promotion and Health Equity, junior standing, and satisfied Communications A Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define multicultural education, interpret biases/prejudices of teachers, and explain the importance of multicultural assessment. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Integrate Act 31 content into their teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop advanced communication skills in: critical reading, logical thinking and the use of evidence; the use of appropriate style and disciplinary convention in writing and speaking; the productive use of core library resources specific to the discipline. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge of culturally responsive teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of the impact of one’s attitudes and actions, from a cultural perspective, on other individuals. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define multicultural education, interpret biases/prejudices of teachers, and explain the importance of multicultural assessment. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Integrate Act 31 content into their teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop advanced communication skills in: critical reading, logical thinking and the use of evidence; the use of appropriate style and disciplinary convention in writing and speaking; the productive use of core library resources specific to the discipline. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge of culturally responsive teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of the impact of one’s attitudes and actions, from a cultural perspective, on other individuals. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027