Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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EDLE 4200 - Comparative Cultures and Education
Emphasis on distinctive cultural, economic, and political forces which shape patterns, problems, and roles of education in developed and developing nations, including western and non-Western countries in the U.S., Europe and selected areas in Africa and/or Asia where former or present Western culture has continuing influence, with emphasis on education systems and development.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Candidate will demonstrate knowledge of English language learning programs and teaching practices in western and non-western cultures.
- Candidates will demonstrate knowledge, skills and dispositions for integrating English language learners and their families into U.S. classrooms, schools and communities.
- Candidates will develop case scenarios in description of family/community life and schooling in selected western and non-western nations, according to a standard template of social/economic indicators.
- Candidates will develop cross-case comparative analysis from case scenarios.
- Candidates will each produce an autobiographical ‘culture kit’ to use in representing self in social/economic/educational domains in a selected western or non-western cultural.
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