“When we ask students to summarize info, let them decide for themselves what’s important.” Peter Pappas
- Explain the sources of student diversity in today’s classrooms and their implications for educators
- Introduce theory on how people learn, including discussing self-efficacy & locus of control terms
- Discuss culturally responsive teaching
- Describe the demographic trends of U.S. minorities and describe how ethnic and cultural differences between public school teachers and students may foster misunderstanding
- Discuss cultural pluralism vs. assimilation
- Introduce Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and relate that theory to teaching
- Discuss learning styles
- Introduce the concept of multicultural education
- Introduce IDEA, least-restrictive environment, gifted and talented terms
- Introduce Glasser’s choice theory
- Discuss gender issues