May 10, 2024  
University Catalog 2023-2024 
    
University Catalog 2023-2024
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TEP-5360: Foundations of Social Justice Education

This course provides an orientation to the philosophies of teaching and learning that guide the MAE/TC degree. A primary objective is to facilitate candidates’ beginning constructions of their professional identities as teachers in diverse classrooms. Candidates study multiple aspects of the history, philosophy, sociology, politics, pedagogy, and purposes in public education in the US. Candidates also review the demographics of student populations and how they are related to student outcomes, including careful examinations of racism, classism, and other forms of bias and their relationships to the distribution of educational opportunities including good teachers. The discipline Frameworks, Content Standards, and Standardized Testing are studied and critiqued from a variety of perspectives. While developing their own philosophy of education statement, candidates study how to establish a caring learning community based on the principle of mutual respect.
Min. Credits: 3.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles,Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
Method(s): Classroom
Course Type Teacher Education



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