ECE 4475: Designing and Sustaining a Classroom Learning Community

2 Credit Hours

Corequisite: ECE 4650

This course is designed for elementary teacher candidates to explore ways in which positive classroom learning communities are designed, implemented, and sustained. Teacher candidates will also examine their own cultural backgrounds and students’ cultural backgrounds, and investigate ways in which they may strengthen teacher-student and student-student relationships in the classroom. Theories investigated in the course will be discussed in relation to the candidates’ experiences within the clinical practicum.