EDSS 6514 Divrsty Comm & School Psych

3 semester hours

using an experiential and ethnographic approach, candidates in this course will learn and process information about the impact of culture on education from a historical perspective, the role of family and community, as well as review significant sociopolitical issues that impact students and families. Themes covered will include: critical analysis, social justice, inequality in educational policies and practices, overrepresentation of minorities in special education, assessment/intervention bias, immigration and second language learners, and working with non-majority culture and SES groups.