EDUF 5201 - Understanding the Context of Urban Education (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0
This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in an exploration of the issues that affect urban education from multiple frames of reference. Students will read literature that will enable them to define urban education and enhance their understanding of the social, economic and political considerations that influence conditions in urban schools. Course readings will encourage students to engage in critical and reflective analyses of the practical and theoretical challenges in U. S. urban schools. Additionally, students will engage in site-based research experiences that will enable them to identify and address an urban education-related concern in a local urban school context.

Cross Listing(s): EDUF 5201G.