ED 312 Cultural Competence and Responsiveness

This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to respect, appreciate, and value diverse populations. Beginning with the awareness of self, biases, and prejudices, students will engage in learning experiences to develop skills to interact respectively, responsively, and effectively with diverse populations, understand daily living practices and challenges of those who represent diverse cultures, races, ages, and socioeconomic platforms. The ultimate goal of cultural competence is to recognize, affirm, foster, and value strengths of individuals from all walks of life and protect and preserve their worth and dignity through activism and action. Learners will use the framework know myself and know others to better understand their role as a change agent for liberty and justice.

Credits

3