Goucher College 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
|
ED 272Y - Intensive Course Abroad () (GEN. ED. #3) (LER–DIV WHEN TOPIC APPLIES)
INTENSIVE COURSE ABROAD (GEN. ED. #3) (LER-DIV WHEN TOPIC APPLIES) courses include a pre-departure or post-departure discussion (or both) in the fall and spring and a three week intensive course abroad in the winter intersession or summer.
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN COSTA RICA (2-4-2)(SP272Y) This is an interdisciplinary course (see cross-listing with SP 272Y). Awareness of multiculturalism in the context of the educational system in the United States and Costa Rica. Develop skills to facilitate a classroom climate that meets the needs of a diverse population. Emphasis on critical writing, analytical reading, and advanced conversation required for upper-level Spanish courses. The first seven weeks are conducted in English (2 credits), and the final seven weeks are conducted in Spanish (2 credits). Practice of complex linguistic structures, writing summaries, developing arguments, and interpretation of quotes. Intensive study abroad in Costa Rica for the January term (4 credits). Prerequisites: completion or concurrent enrollment in SP 230 and ED 207 , or permission of the education instructor. Year course. TBA. Smith, Moreno-Lopez.
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION/TOWNSHIP AND RURAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA (3-3) (COM 272Y) This intensive service course abroad consists of two components, a semester course of study in the spring semester and a four-week intensive field placement in a township and rural school in South Africa at the end of the spring semester. Students examine the social, political, and historical landscape of South Africa to understand the country’s continued transformation, examine culture and customs unique to the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and examine their own cross-cultural competence to effectively teach learners who are distinctly different from themselves. At the conclusion of this experience, students can apply knowledge of the nature of adolescents to create units and lessons that reflect national and local standards, adapt personal teaching style to multiple learning styles, and use knowledge of learners to provide effective instruction in English and reading to South African learners in the middle grades. Prerequisites: ED 101 or ED 103 , SPE 100 or ED 207 , COM 105 , COM 257 , or permission of instructor. Spring/summer semester. Cornish.
EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL ISRAELI SOCIETY (1.5-3) (JS 272Y ) This course will provide field work experience and lectures from the faculty of Ben Gurion University of Negev in Israel concerning education for Bedouin Arabs and Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. The pre-departure course is 1.5 credits and the three-week course is three credits. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Variable. Velder.
|
