Course Detail
Found of Ed in a Diverse Soc
Time and Location
Times
Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: TR
Meeting Times: 09:30AM-10:45AM
Location
Campus: Hillsboro
Building: ASII
Room: 415
Registration Information
Credit Hours: 3
Subject Code: EDU
Course Number: 210
Section Number: 01
CRN: 30263
Tier: 1
Instruction TypeLecture
Enrollment Numbers
Remaining Seats: 12
Filled Seats: 13
Maximum Seats: 25
Comments:
Course Description: Prerequisites: EDU105 completed with a grade of "C" or better, and reading proficiency
Pre-/Corequisite: ENG101(H)
Foundations of Education in a Diverse Society is designed to examine educational practice from diverse historical, philosophical, sociological, economic, and legal perspectives. The course will address issues of educational equity, sociocultural influences on teaching and learning, and how teachers and schools can contribute to interpersonal and intercultural understanding and respect, social justice, and democratic citizenship. Students will explore the nature of school environments, the fundamental goals of education in the American public school, English Language Learners, the relationship between school and a diverse society, the organization of school curricula, and characteristics of effective schools and instruction in grades P to 12. (F, S, O)
Pre-/Corequisite: ENG101(H)
Foundations of Education in a Diverse Society is designed to examine educational practice from diverse historical, philosophical, sociological, economic, and legal perspectives. The course will address issues of educational equity, sociocultural influences on teaching and learning, and how teachers and schools can contribute to interpersonal and intercultural understanding and respect, social justice, and democratic citizenship. Students will explore the nature of school environments, the fundamental goals of education in the American public school, English Language Learners, the relationship between school and a diverse society, the organization of school curricula, and characteristics of effective schools and instruction in grades P to 12. (F, S, O)
Faculty Information
Name: Kenneth Boning
Title: Professor
Classification: Full Time
Credentials: Doctor of Philosophy: Saint Louis University
Office: ASII 404
E-Mail: kboning@jeffco.edu
Phone Extension: 3344
Bio: Dr. Ken Boning joined the Teacher Education faculty in 2006. He earned his Bachelor`s and Master`s Degrees from Truman State University and his Ph.D. from Saint Louis University. Dr. Boning taught high school for nearly a decade and holds certificates in secondary teaching and principalship.
