LCRT 5150 - Culture of the Classroom

Provides a classroom-focused examination on linguistic and cultural diversity. The legal history of language and literacy education in the U.S., Colorado, and local school districts is studied with a focus on implications for instructional practice. Participants become familiar with research and theory on the roles of cultures in the classroom and gain skills that support differentiated instruction for diverse students. This course fulfills the culture requirement for the Colorado LDE Endorsement and the BESL Master’s concentration. It may also serve as an elective in the BESL Master’s concentration. Note: LCRT 5140, LCRT 5150, LCRT 5160 - Each of these three courses satisfies the requirements for the Colorado Endorsement in Linguistically Diverse Education and the BESL Master’s concentration. The content of the courses are related, but the focus of each course is sufficiently different that students in the Master’s program may use a second or third course in the sequence as an elective. Semester Hours: 3 to 3