MECP 500 - Foundations of Multicultural Education

(3 S.H.)

Foundations of Multicultural Education is the first course in the Multicultural Education Certificate program. This course is intended to provide participants with an understanding of the five Dimensions of Multicultural Education, most importantly the dimension of Empowering School Culture. Participants will discuss the application of this ideological dimension to their respective education, health, law enforcement, social service, faith, non-profit, arts, military, business and industry sectors in Olmsted and Winona Counties. Participants will come to understand how their own demographic characteristics and cultural experiences impact their work with clientele in said sectors through the assessment and discussion of their own Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) results. Finally, participants will shape their Intercultural Development Plan (IDP) through the use of the IDP template as well as ongoing discussions with identified cultural brokers. Grade only. Offered fall semester.

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