ED 550 - Teaching and Working in Global Contexts

4 credits
Examines the complexities, paradoxes, and challenges of teaching outside the United States and how culturally responsive teaching can empower the lives of English Language Learners (ELLs) and communities. Students develop a broader perspective concerning culture and its influence on schooling and students’ successful negotiation of the diverse educational systems. Students explore concepts of bilingualism, culture, cultural bias, enculturation, acculturation, ethnocentrism, globalization, individualism, and the role of collectivism in education.
Graded (A-F) only.