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EDUC 373 Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities, Multicultural and Diverse Learners

Course Description:

The single most important tool a new teacher has is the realization that success does not just depend on understanding the subject matter; but on understanding the subjects. Students come to school with a broad range of experiences from family and neighborhood to culture and country of origin. When teachers don’t engage those preconditions and life experiences they make a devastating mistake.

This course will provide teachers with a framework for understanding the students that make up today’s classrooms. Participants will look at bias in schools and curricula and within themselves. We will explore factors that make students diverse and the implications of diversity in classrooms. Participants should gain an understanding of best practices/method for developing positive empowering relationships with students and the development of classroom communities. Specific emphasis will be on student learning styles and modalities, the effects of poverty on student learning, teaching in urban settings, and empowering minority students to take leadership roles within the classroom and at large. Participants will learn to design and implement units of study following the principles of Universal Design for Learning and prepare a “toolbox” of practical hands-on skills and strategies to reach all learners.

Competencies Addressed:

Methods for Teaching Students with Disabilities, Multicultural and Diverse Learners (Special Education General Curriculum)

A complete listing of courses offered at UNC Asheville that have been approved for RALC competencies are available. (PDF, 72 KB)

Instructor:

Brian Powchak, brian.powchak@bcsemail.org

Required Textbook

Clark, R. (2004). The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules forDiscovering the Successful Student in Every Child. Hyperion.

Mazur, Amy J., and Patricia Rice. Doran. Teaching Diverse Learners: Principles for Best Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2010. Print.

 Rose, David H., and Anne Meyer. Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2002. Print.

Dates/Time:

July 9 - August 3, 2012

Delivery Mode:

100% Online

Cost and Registration

Costs:

A $20 non-refundable application fee plus tuition for a three credit hour course.  

Application and Registration:

An online distance application is available.  Make sure you select "distance education" as your student type.

If you are a lateral entry teachers, your RALC or NCDPI Plan of Study must be on file in the UNC Asheville Distance Education Office before your application will be processed.  You can scan your plan of study and email it to sallman@unca.edu.  You can also fax it to 828-251-6492 to the attention of "Distance Education."

If you are a continuing students, defined as attending the semester just prior to the semester for which you are registering, you can fill out the continuing application.   You do not have to pay another $20 application fee.  You have to sign in using your UNC Asheville username and password to authenticate your identity.

Summer 2012 Continuing Application Online Form 
Fall 2012 Continuing Application Online Form
Continuing Application Mail-In Form (PDF, 50KB)

If you are currently a degree seeking student at a different school in the UNC system and you wish to register for a course that is 100% online, you should register via UNC Online.

Last edited by sallman@unca.edu on February 3, 2012