Students will be introduced to critical topics such as multicultural education, culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally sustaining teaching practices. Key topics of this course include: How do multicultural education, culturally relevant and culturally sustaining pedagogies overlap and differ? What are multicultural education frameworks & models? How can we recognize our own identities and positionalities? What is the impact of relationships and connections on student engagement and learning? Students will be invited to critically reflect on one's identities as well as to consider strategies for curricular choices and teaching practices that might be support CLD students.
