EDCT 5886 - Book Study: Teaching with Poverty, Equity, and Empathy in Mind

Delivery Options Distance Learning

Course Description

Drawing from a broad survey of research, personal and professional experience, and inspiring real-life success stories, this course explains how teachers can build relationships with students and create a classwide "in-group" where all learners feel a sense of safety and belonging; shares how to incorporate relevance and cultural responsiveness into curriculum and instruction, increasing student buy-in and replacing compliance with collaboration and leadership; demonstrates how to use the uplifting power of stories to optimize energy and engagement and foster growth mindsets; and explores three types of empathy-affective, cognitive, and behavioral-and clarifies how they intertwine with curriculum, learning environment, equity practices, instruction and assessment, and grading and reporting.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Identify the three types of empathy
Incorporate relevance and cultural responsiveness into curriculum and instruction
Use stories to increase energy and engagement and growth mindsets
Discipline students with empathy and de-escalate disruptions

Notes

A link to the Armchair Ed course assignments and exams will be included in the registration confirmation and receipt email that will be automatically sent to students immediately upon completion of the registration process. Any required textbooks must be purchased separately.

The link can also be accessed after enrollment by logging into the Student Portal and clicking the link listed under View Online Resources.

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Book Study: Teaching with Poverty, Equity, and Empathy in Mind

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Tuition credit (3 units)

$305.00

ArmchairEd $20 Discount

3 Quarter Credits

Reading List / Textbook

Must be Purchased Separately:

Jensen, E. (2022). Teaching with poverty and equity in mind: Succeed with the students who need you most. ASCD.
Westman, L. (2022). Teaching with empathy: How to transform your practice by understanding your learners. Hawker Brownlow Education.

Section Notes

This course is offered in collaboration with ArmchairEd.

Course is self-paced. Completion time: up to one year from date of enrollment.

Refund Policy: Withdrawals submitted online through SPU within 7 days of enrollment will receive a 95% refund. Withdrawals received after that point will not receive a refund and no withdrawals will be accepted after the completion deadline for the course. Instructions on how to withdraw are located on our website under Students/Withdrawal and Refund Policies.