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                            Program Courses The program of study is a 9-credit hour - three course sequence. 
                           
                           Summer- ECE 7651: Social Foundations and Perspectives in Urban Education (3 Credit Hours)
                              
                              
                                 
                                 Prerequisite: Candidates must be admitted to a KSU BCOE graduate program, certificate, or endorsement
                                    program to take this course 
                           
                           
                              
                              
                                 
                                 This course will provide a comprehensive overview of urban education鈥檚 historical and contemporary aspects. Students will explore current theories, trends, and research-based pedagogical practices, including how school structures, policies, and practices influence teaching and learning at a high level of academic excellence in contemporary urban schools and classrooms. 
                           
                           Fall - ECE 7652: Partnering with Urban Families & Communities (3 Credit Hours) 
                           
                           
                              
                              
                                 
                                 This course will provide an overview of the intersecting systems that influence the
                                    teaching and learning in urban education. Students will explore theories that describe
                                    how children and families exist as parts of larger systems and environments, and critically
                                    examine their pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning in these systems and
                                    environments. Candidates will be expected to take a student/family/community centered
                                    approach to instruction that is asset based and leverages the intersection identities
                                    present in urban classrooms. This course contains field requirements for completion. 
                           
                           Spring ECE 7653: Advocating for Equity in Teaching and Learning (3 credit hours) 
                           
                           
                              
                              
                                 
                                 Learners in this course will use a critical lens to examine the challenges and opportunities
                                    that students, teachers, families, and leaders in urban contexts face related to opportunity
                                    gaps, classroom management, assessment, special education, gifted education, and retention.
                                    Learners will complete field-based assignments and will think analytically about and
                                    develop a research-based advocacy plan to advocate for change regarding a critical
                                    issue in urban schools. *NOTE: All Urban Education candidates must have access/permission to teach a group of K-12
                              students in the candidate's certification field during the fall and spring semesters
                              for ECE 7651 and ECE 7652. This is typically provided through a candidate's full-time
                              job. Other arrangements are permitted, but not provided. This placement is the responsibility
                              of the candidate. |