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The Socio-Historical Context of Multicultural
Education. Describe the socio-historical and
contemporary contexts for multicultural and
bilingual education in your school district. How
have decisions such as Brown vs. the Board of
Education, the 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court
against voluntary de-segregation or the policies
of No Child Left Behind /Race to the Top impacted
the way multicultural education has evolved and
been interpreted in your district.
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E EDU 639 Week 1 Assignment Diary Entry of a
Diverse Student DU
What do you think the students first impressions
of you might be? (Be honest and consider how the
verbal and non-verbal cues you might give out
would be interpreted by this student).
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EDU 639 Week 1 DQ 1 The Socio-Historical Context
of Multicultural Education
The Socio-Historical Context of Multicultural
Education. Describe the socio-historical and
contemporary contexts for multicultural and
bilingual education in your school district. How
have decisions such as Brown vs. the Board of
Education, the 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court
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EDU 639 Week 1 DQ 2 Bias and Social Psychology
Bias and Social Psychology. Social scientists
believe that everyone possesses conscious and
unconscious, preferences for some social groups
over others. Consider your own background and
experience with race, gender, class, ethnicity,
sexual orientation.
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EDU 639 Week 2 DQ 1 Gender and Gender Fluidity
Gender and Gender-Fluidity. View the short
documentary entitled, Im Just Anneke. How does
gender color ones perspective on the world and
relation to society? How are gender and
gender-stereotypes perpetuated by schools? What
do you think about gender-fluidity and how do you
imagine Anneke would fair in your local school?
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EDU 639 Week 2 DQ 2 Race Illusion vs. Reality
Race Illusion vs. Reality. Explore the
interactive tutorial Sorting People Can You
Tell Somebodys Race by Looking at Them?. What
surprised you about activity? If race is an
illusion, why is it so dangerous to be
"color-blind" as an educator? How can we work to
combat institutional racism in our schools and
society?
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EDU 639 Week 2 Gendered Experience of Racism
Watch the documentary A Girl Like Me, then
provide a one-to-two page commentary on the
intersection of race and gender by addressing the
following
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EDU 639 Week 3 DQ 1 Segregation
Segregation. What different forms can segregation
take in US schools? When can these methods affirm
diversity and when are they detrimental to
learning? Consider economic segregation,
culturally-based schools (i.e. African American,
Latino, or Native American), gender-specific, or
charter schools. Provide examples from your own
experience and at least one reference in addition
to the course textbook
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EDU 639 Week 3 DQ 2 Additive vs. Subtractive
Bilingualism
Additive vs. Subtractive Bilingualism. View the
video entitled, Immersion. How accurate (or
over-dramatized) is Moisess story? What might
his teacher and principal have done differently
in order to capitalize on the strengths of what
Moisesdoes know in order to help him add
English to his knowledge base and succeed in US
schools? What is working in terms of ELL
education in your school? What is not, and why?
Would you consider your schools approach to be
additive or subtractive?
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EDU 639 Week 4 Cultural Immersion and Socio
Historical Research and Presentation
Cultural Immersion and Socio-Historical Research
Presentation. Identify a culture you might
encounter as a teacher which you have very little
knowledge about and would like to further explore
(you may select the same cultural group you chose
for the Cultural Immersion Activity in Weeks One,
Two, and Three).
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EDU 639 Week 4 DQ 1 Common Beliefs
Common Beliefs. Explore Commonly Held Beliefs
that Influence Teachers Work with Diverse
Students. Before clicking the link, select one of
the commonly held beliefs listed under Step 2
that you identify with the most. Explain why you
identify with this belief. Next, click the link
and read the information provided. Has your
belief changed? Why or why not?
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EDU 639 Week 4 DQ 2 The Culture of Poverty
The Culture of Poverty. Theorists warn against
the continued use of deficit theories to connect
low social-economic standing to failure in
school. They have left a lasting mark on schools.
Identify a student from a low socio-economic
status, either from experience or from the course
text, who is not succeeding.
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EDU 639 Week 5 DQ 1 Non Heterosexual Parents and
Kids
Non-Heterosexual Parents and Kids. View the short
documentary Homecoming. Is there anything
teachers can do to help students like Ron feel
safer in school in towns like Rons hometown? Is
it better for gay, lesbian, asexual, transsexual
or parents with these orientations to simply seek
out more liberal schools for their children?
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EDU 639 Week 5 DQ 2 Tracking, Grouping and
Dis-Ability in the Classroom
Tracking, Grouping and Dis-Ability in the
Classroom. Read the article, Into the
Mainstream. What are the unique challenges and
rewards of integrating kids labeled disabled
into mainstream classrooms? How can these
observations be applied to ideas regarding
tracking of non-disabled students and grouping by
ability in the classroom?
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EDU 639 Week 6 DQ 1 Affirming Diversity within
the Community
Affirming Diversity within the Community.
Identify factors that can help you build
successful bridges between the educational
setting and the community. Describe how these may
impact the community and school setting. What are
the community resources and social services in
your area which encourage parent and community
involvement in the school?
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EDU 639 Week 6 DQ 2 Becoming a Multicultural
Educator
Becoming a Multicultural Educator. How do you
intend to expand your horizons to become a
multicultural person who helps students add new
cultural ideas to their experience? How can you
help students learn more about their own culture
and incorporate what they already know into their
learning? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings in a thoughtful and
substantive manner
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EDU 639 Week 6 Final Paper
The Final Paper will require you to describe your
community demographics and predict the type of
diversity you might expect to find in your
classroom. You will then identify at least three
(3) cases which represent some of the different
groups found in your community.
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