Course Description

Investigate how community contexts influence middle grades students’ decisions, relationships, and learning environments through applied practice in school and community settings.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will have a reading list that varies from undergraduate students and will be required to complete a differentiated assignment.

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Athena Title

Community in Middle Grades Ed

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Non-Traditional Format

Students will spend an additional 1-2 hours in the field per week.

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Undergraduate Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Graduate Prerequisite

Permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• By the end of this course, students will know how to investigate the relationships between school and community contexts and young adolescent learning.
• By the end of this course, students will know how to explore opportunities and strategies in order to advocate for young adolescents, middle grades schools/educators, families, communities, and themselves.

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Topical Outline

• • Ethnography in education
• • Teachers as change agents
• • Funds of knowledge
• • Critical literacies: power, perspective, positioning

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Andrews, Gayle

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Public CV

Select a file to download:   Andrews, Gayle

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