EDTL 6003 Effective Learning Environments

3 semester hours

This course is designed to prepare candidates to teach for social justice through the lens of sociocultural and constructivist paradigm. Teacher candidates will analyze theoretical perspectives and psychological principles that affect TK-12 student development and learning. The course will explore strategies and identify methodologies to establish and cultivate inclusive and healthy learning environments that promote all TK-12 student learning. Teacher candidates will examine teacher leadership and the characteristics of effective collaborative relationships and communities of practice within and among schools, families/households, and communities. Each teacher candidate will identify opportunities for advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as they begin to develop an individual approach to building an inclusive, productive, and well-structured learning environment that supports all TK-12 students. Clinical practice is a required component of
this course for candidates in the Traditional pathway.