Course · EDU 521

Teaching Diverse Student Populations

A education course at Arizona Christian University.

Credits
3 Credits
Level
Undergraduate
Format
Lecture + discussion
Typical Terms
Fall, Spring, Summer

Course Description

This course provides timely, culturally relevant instruction that responds to current needs in education. These will include how to teach students who have gone through trauma as well as students in poverty. In this course, master's students will complete a chapter in an eBook identifying specific methods and strategies to meet the needs of the students. Course goals and proficiency to be measured by the completion of the Capstone Signature Assignment (CSA).

Taught By

Offered 2026-2027: Fall 2 · 2026-2027: Spring 1.

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Learning Outcomes

1

Engage the Course Material

Build a working understanding of teaching diverse student populations as the course's central subject.

2

Apply Discipline Methods

Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.

3

Connect Course Content

Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.

4

Demonstrate Course Competencies

Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.

Biblical Worldview Connection

A Biblical Worldview treats the work of mathematics and teaching as careful, honest engagement with what's true and with the students who learn from it.

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