Urban Education - Graduate Certificate
Postgraduate
In Michigan Center (USA)
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Postgraduate
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Location
Michigan center (USA)
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The Graduate Certificate in Urban Education, which is administered by the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education, is designed for students who aspire to understand and focus on issues involving urban education including the racial academic achievement gap; allocation of resources for urban schools; contexts of social, cultural, and economic differences; and the possibilities of transforming the ways in which urban school children learn to be active and engaged participants in their communities.
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Course programme
The following course (3 credits):
Urban Education: An Historical Overview
Three of the following courses (9 credits):
Multicultural Issues in Special Education
Engaging Diverse Students and Families
Issues in Urban Education: Racial Achievement Gap
School Finance and Operations
Organizational Analysis of Education
Urban Politics, Education, and School Reform
Teachers and Teaching in Urban Contexts
Critical Race Theory in Education
Students must complete a research paper on a topic in urban education which may focus on issues related to policy, curriculum, leadership or counseling as they pertain to understanding problems and strengths in urban schools. The research paper topic must be pre-approved by the urban education faculty and completed while enrolled in one of the courses listed above.
Urban Education - Graduate Certificate