EDFD 5001 School Improvement and Equity

As the first course in the Education and Equity certificate, the purpose of this course is three-fold:1) to equip students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to reflect on and better understand their perspectives on culture/diversity and its role in educational and societal structures and practices; 2) to equip students with the knowledge of the need for school improvement; 3) to equip student with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to reflect of the connections between school improvement and equity and introduce methods for addressing these equity issues.