EDU-3800A: Educational Foundations III

This course introduces new students to Antioch University Los Angeles, preparing them to make the most of their time at this unique educational institution. Students develop a good sense of AULA’s learning community, the more than 150 year history of the university, the philosophies of education that inform the undergraduate program, and the culture of the AULA classroom. In order to promote a challenging, respectful, and creative learning environment, the course focuses on issues of diversity, difference, the relationship of social justice to higher education, as well as the place of identity and experience in the classroom. In this course students develop an educational plan tailored to the individual student as well as institutional requirements. They also acquire a familiarity with the concepts of critical reading and writing; an understanding of what is meant by social justice, examining its place in students’ lives as individuals and in AULA as an institution. Students consider how issues of social justice play out in terms of diversity, discrimination and multiculturalism in the classroom and in education as a whole. They also acquire an understanding of the place of identity and experience in the classroom, including the concepts of experiential learning in higher education.
Min. Credits: 3.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles,Antioch Univ Seattle,Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
Method(s): Simulteaching,Classroom
Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

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EDU-3800A: Educational Foundations III