EDUC 821.A - Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education: Diversity and Differentiated Social-Emotional Learning

Course Description

Providing social- emotional development and culturally responsive education is interrelated to many important outcomes for children. The cultural experiences of students and teachers significantly affect how they respond to classroom experiences. Classrooms are likely to be more effective in developing the capacity of students from a broad range of backgrounds if teachers understand how culture can shape learning and how teachers can develop classrooms that tap into the intrinsic motivation of culturally diverse learners.

Learner Outcomes

Learn about and apply in the classroom cultural sensitivity and teaching that reflects our diverse student experiences.
Discuss why it is important to be intentional about teaching social emotional skills.
Identify strategies for supporting the development of friendship skills.
Define emotional literacy and identify activities that build “feeling vocabularies.”