NDSU Distance & Continuing Education (DCE)

Course Description:

“Culture is part of everything that is taught and caught.”  With this, Nancy Gallavan guides you through the recognition of your own understanding of culture towards becoming a teacher who is able to meet the needs and goals of all his or her students.  Cultural Competence, like its predecessors Diversity and Multicultural Education, seeks to increase awareness of the variety of cultures represented in our classrooms today, to appreciate the backgrounds and contributions of all students, and to implore us to take responsibility for the awareness of cultures that all educators must possess.  Many teachers find themselves in classrooms that do not represent their personal experience; this course will encourage reflection on those experiences and use them to heighten teachers’ understanding of their role in a diverse classroom.  Through example and easy to remember tools, this course will show you how to  actively involve your students to promote academic excellence and cultural understanding.