Maricopa Community Colleges  EDU230   19986-20055 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/24/98
EDU230 19986-20055 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Cultural Diversity in Education
Examination of the relationship of cultural values to the formation of the child's self-concept and learning styles. Examination of the role of prejudice, stereotyping and cultural incompatibilities in education. Emphasis on preparing future teachers to offer an equal educational opportunity to children of all cultural groups.(##)(##)Prerequisites: None. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
EDU230   19986-20055 Cultural Diversity in Education
1. Explain how changing demographics influence public schools. (I)
2. Define the concept of multicultural education. (I)
3. Identify cultural influences on modes of communication, perception, and world view. (II)
4. Compare concepts of individual and institutional racism, prejudice, ethnocentrism, stereotypes and sociotypes, equity and equality. (III)
5. Describe how the concepts of equity and equal educational opportunity have evolved into educational policy. (IV)
6. Identify legal precedents for educational equity and equal educational opportunities. (IV)
7. Define learning styles and teaching styles and contrast different learning styles, especially field-sensitive and field independent. (V)
8. Relate fictional literature for children to real educational situations. (VI)
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EDU230   19986-20055 Cultural Diversity in Education
    I. Demographics
        A. Changes in recent years
        B. Impact on public education
        C. Multicultural education
      II. Culture
          A. Enculturation
          B. Acculturation
          C. Assimilation
          D. Communication, perception, and world review
        III. Attitudes and values
            A. Prejudice and racism
            B. Ethnocentrism
            C. Stereotypes
            D. Sociotypes
          IV. Educational policy
              A. Equity
              B. Equal educational opportunity
              C. Legal precedents
            V. Learning styles and teaching styles
                A. Field sensitive learning styles
                B. Field independent learning styles
                C. Teaching styles
              VI. Influential children's literature
                  A. Representative titles
                  B. Impact on education
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