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EDUC 118 3 Introduction to Education: Schooling and Multicultural Society
Education affects the lives of everyone in this country. As future professionals, voters, teachers, parents, and leaders, students at the University of Michigan will help shape the quality of life in the United States, and education will matter – a lot. This course will introduce students to the role of education in today’s world. Topics will include the implications for schooling our increasingly diverse population; principles of how kids learn; ways schools facilitate student achievement (or not); and the changing nature of literacy in the information age. In addition to readings and discussions, there will be opportunities for hands-on experience and interactions with K-12 students in schools.   EDUC 118 is an approved course to satisfy the LSA Race and Ethnicity Requirement.
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Winter 2018
Winter 2020