IDEAS Foundations is an introduction to the values and principles that guide IDEAS' strategy and practice.
The 5 sessions cover:
- IDEAS Mission, Vision, and Values
- Culturally-Situated Transformation
- Intentionality and the SODAP Scale
- Linguistic and Cultural Disability
- Cross-cultural Professional Identity
Course Description:
Contributions of non-formal educators, cognitive psychologists, and educational anthropologists to cross-cultural teaching and learning; attuning instruction to thinking styles, pedagogical expectations, and cultural values.
Course Objectives:By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify the role of culture and values in shaping us as learners and teachers
- Analyze the roles that culture and values play in the lives of students and their families
- Sensitively navigate the different “audiences” in education (students, institution, community, and fellow teachers) and their respective roles in learning
- Adjust pedagogy and curricula to different culturally-situated contexts
- Discuss the nuanced relationship between cultural-situatedness and transformation
- Articulate his/her perspective on multiculturalism and critical thinking