EDU 105 Language and Power in Schools
This course raises questions about how language is used in schools as a tool to empower or disempower. Designed as a workshop/lab that includes community fieldwork, the course provides students an opportunity to cultivate the oral and written communication skills necessary to advocate for children. Its purpose is to provide community members, parents, and future teachers with practical knowledge and skills that support effective communication with students, parents, principals, and district leaders. Topics explored include: critical pedagogy, verbal and non-verbal communication, personal communication styles, “both/and” thinking, dialects of English, Standard English, communicating when in a power position, communication for collaboration, and communicating with people in power. GE 6A when linked with
ENG 102 or GE 5B.
Distribution
EDU