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2024 Summer Course Info
Evaluation and Assessment in FCS Education ProgramsHistory and Philosophy of FCS EducationReading in the Content AreaResearch Experience in Family and Consumer SciencesTeaching FCS with TechnologyEducation in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)Profession in Focus
2024 Fall Course Info
History and Philosophy of FCS EducationAdministration of FCS Education ProgramsExceptional Learners in the Secondary School Classroom (Special Education)Education in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)Curriculum Development in FCS
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Course Information
Education in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)
Course Description
This course focuses on educational practices and policies for people from historically oppressed groups in the U.S. foundations of multicultural education. Students discuss contemporary educational issues within the context of multicultural and cultural diversity and critique curricular materials and resources promoting a multicultural perspective.
Contacts
Instructor

Brad Ekwerekwu
Office: 402-522-7952
Bekwerekwu2@unl.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States
Spring, Joel
Edition: 8th, 2016
ISBN: 978-1138-1194-06
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education

Course Access

Canvas at UNL

UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Lisa King for Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development
Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education
Kelly Durkin for Dietetics
Melisia Bieber for Merchandising
Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Comments

Please make sure to get the 8th edition of the textbook.

Faculty
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