A self-paced or online course, designed to give you an understanding of the framework of and need for creating supportive learning environments for diverse learning populations. Designed to give the learner the knowledge, tools, and dispositions to effectively facilitate a diverse classroom, this course teaches how to understand and identify differences in approaches to learning and performance, including different learning styles and ways in which students demonstrate learning. An emphasis in this course is on understanding how students' learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, disabilities, gender, language, culture, and family and community values. The learner is challenged to apply knowledge of the richness of contributions from our diverse society to the teaching field. [ Variable credit - 1-3 credits ]
NOTE: At 2 credits, this course cannot be used as an elective in one of NDMU's graduate programs.