EDC&I 505A Seminar: Culturally Relevant Teaching: Theory and Practice

SLN 10859

Teaching and teacher education are under attack in unprecedented ways. Policymakers, administrators, parents, and community members all want to see a causal relationship between teaching and student performance/achievement. In a standards driven, high stakes tests environment is the construct of a culturally relevant pedagogy a viable, useful, or necessary one? This course rests on the premise that teachers can and do make a difference in the educational (academic, social, cultural) life chances of students and that difference can be enhanced through a culturally relevant pedagogical approach. In the current iteration of this course we want to look at both the macro and micro contexts of teaching and learning and to address the following questions: What do we mean by good teaching? What is a teacher in the public imagination? What possibilities exist for reducing academic disparities between/among cultural groups? What role, if any, does teacher education play in improving student learning?

Gloria Ladson-Billings

3 Credits MTWThF 1:10-4:30 July 13-24

EDC&I 534 Seminar in Reading of Literature: Response to Literature

SLN 10861

This is a course designed for teachers of all levels, as well as those interested in literacy research. This course will examine how teachers have traditionally asked students to respond to text. We will then consider other ways that teachers could ask students to respond to text that helps motivate students and helps them create rich meaning from the text. Some of these types of responses include discussion methods, Book Clubs, and dramatic responses. Class members should expect a lively, interactive class where we all engage in each of the response methods.

Dixie Massey & Gail Sehlhurst

3 Credits MTWTHF 8:30-11:50 July 13-July 24

EDC&I 542B Approaches to Assessing Second Language Students in K-12 Schools

SLN 13680

South Africa Student Teaching Only, Instructor permission required, contact ebedgar@u.washington.edu

Eugene Edgar

3 Credits TBA

 EDC&I 545 B Multilingual Socialization

SLN 13681

South Africa Student Teaching Only, Instructor permission required, contact ebedgar@u.washington.edu

Eugene Edgar

3 Credits TBA

EDC&I 424 Multicultural Curriculum and Instruction

SLN 10854

Primarily for pre-service and in-service teachers who have little or no previous exposure to issues related to ethnicity and education. Designed to help teachers better understand the basic principles of multicultural education and acquire some beginning knowledge and skills for designing and implementing curricular and instructional strategies that reflect ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity.

Geneva Gay

MTWTHF 1:10-4:30

EDC&I 505B Seminar: Positive Discipline in the Classroom

SLN 10860

This interactive course is designed to give pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers the tools to develop classroom communities based on respect and solution-focused discipline. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Positive Discipline, as well as understand their role as teachers in a diverse world. Positive Discipline, based on the work of Alfred Adler, Rudolf Dreikurs, Jane Nelsen and others, is a way of thinking about building positive relationships and empowering students to fully participate as members in a democratic learning community. In addition to learning these respectful classroom management tools, participants will explore the socio-cultural contexts of human development, the impact of race and class as it affects life in the classroom. Participants will also be expected to reflect on their own experiences, to understand what has shaped their values, bringing together their identity and integrity as teachers.

Jeanie Strong & Anita Morales

3 Credits Credit/No Credit MTWTHF 9:10-4:00 June 22-June 26

EDC&I 505C Seminar: The Middle East Controversies in Perspective

SLN 13682

This course is designed for those interested in learning and/or teaching about the Middle East. You will learn about the Zoroastrian roots of Iran, the causes of the Iranian Revolution, Iran’s nuclear controversy, history education in Iran, human rights issues, the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, the Iraq war, poetry of Omar Khayyaam and the language of protest. These and other topics will be examined through PERSIA (Politics, Economics, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Arts), incorporating effective teaching methods (Inquiry, Structured Academic Controversy, Take A Stand, Debate, Socratic dialogue, and Concept Attainment) designed to examine and discuss controversial issues, within the framework of democratic education. The framework for examining the issues is guided by the jurisprudential approach that calls for the best case fair hearing of competing view points that provides for a rich spectrum of ideas on issues under examination. In addition, we will use the concepts of grievance, discourse, perversity, futility, jeopardy, J-Curve, enlightened political engagement, explicit, implicit, and null curriculum to study a few of the Middle East controversies.

Khodi Kaviani

3-5 Credits 9:10-11:30 TTh

EDC&I 540 Teaching the Bilingual Bicultural Student

SLN 13573

This course prepares pre-service and in-service teachers to teach English as a second language and to meet the educational and linguistic needs of students at various levels of English language proficiency. Emphasis on second-language acquisition research, its educational implications, and instructional strategies that support English language learners’ development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Diem Nguyen

3 Credits MTWTHF 8:30-11:50 June 22 – July 2

EDC&I 542 Approaches to Assessing Second Language Students in K-12 Schools

SLN 10862

Kristin Percy Calaff

3 credits MTWThF 9:10-12:20 July 6-17th

EDC&I 545 A Multilingual Socialization

SLN 10863

Explores the research base examining second language acquisition, in and out of school contexts. Focuses on the home language practices of linguistically diverse students with the purpose of understanding how these processes influence school learning.

Manka Varghese

3 Credits MTWTHF 1:10-4:30 June 22-July 2

EDC&I 548A Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language

SLN 10864

This course prepares pre-service and in-service teachers to teach English as a second language and to meet the educational and linguistic needs of students at various levels of English language proficiency. Emphasis on second-language acquisition research, its educational implications, and instructional strategies that support English language learners' development in listening, speaking, and writing.

Kristin Percy Calaff

3 credits MTWThF 1:10-4:30 July 6-17th

 EDC&I 596 Strategies of Instruction: Can We Talk?

SLN 10865

This is a course on classroom discussion. Two 2-day workshops, compose the course: Leading Socratic Seminars and Discussing Controversial Issues. Each features field-tested models for leading lively and productive classroom discussions. Each is unique in perspective, approach, and aim, but both emphasize an intellectual partnership among participants, and shared inquiry into juicy problems.

Email: edci@u.washington.edu for add code. Instructor permission required.

Walter Parker

3 Credits MTWTh 9:00-4:00 August 3 - 6