EDU 611 - Curriculum Design to Promote Social Change

Credit Hour(s): 3
This course explores the origin, development, and current status of PK-12 school curriculum and provides an evaluation of trends and issues in curriculum development. Scholar-practitioners who wish to make the choice to effect positive social change in education will acquire the requisite skills and abilities to take responsibility for generating new knowledge, conserving the values of education, and communicating information to others. In this course, learners examine these key principles of disciplinary stewardship while building strategies to effect positive social change. Such curriculum models as project-based learning, multicultural education, trauma-informed education, resilience, and social justice will be examined. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

Prerequisite(s): None
Course Session Cycle: Fall 2, Spring 2
Course Yearly Cycle: Yearly