Course Description
Focuses on the communities and cultural contexts in which teaching occurs. Supports reflexive teaching practices informed by community and cultural contexts. Emphasis on understanding community and cultural contexts affecting social, political, economic, and civic decision-making.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students in this course will be required to complete
additional reading and writing assignments throughout the
semester. Graduate students will be assessed and evaluated
according to more rigorous standards than the undergraduate
students in the course.
Athena Title
SS Community Cultural Contexts
Undergraduate Prerequisite
ESOC 3450 and (EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E)
Graduate Prerequisite
(ESOC 7050 or ESOC 7050E) and (EDSE 4030/6030 or EDSE 4030E/6030E)
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Demonstrate knowledge of culturally-sustaining/relevant pedagogies. Explore and reflect on community and culturally-informed civic decision making. Develop reflective teaching skills. Develop practices of sustaining community and culture within and beyond schools. Connect historical information to the community and cultural understanding. Explore and reflect on building community relationships within and beyond the classroom. Recognize and connect with various educational stakeholders, including parents, the board of education, and community leaders. Utilize knowledge of family, community, and cultural contexts to shape curricular, methodological, and pedagogical choices. Demonstrate knowledge of sociopolitical contexts of schooling and their manifestations in practice.
Topical Outline
Building and developing community relationships Historical and contemporary understandings of community and culture Community as the enactment of social studies Culturally-sustaining/relevant theories Developing reflective teaching practices Community and culturally-civic decision making
Syllabus