ELP 457 Cultural Pluralism and Urban Education

This course is designed to explore the process of education policy development and implementation in culturally diverse, urban environments. The course is organized around several cultural pluralism perspectives; among the topics to be explored are the issues of socialization of the child, governmental operations, educational administration, teacher preparation and curriculum design. Also offered for graduate-level credit as ELP 557 and may be taken only once for credit. ELP 557 includes an additional, concurrent 30 hour minimum field project requirement.