EDU 213 - Strategies for Teaching Adults with Diverse Needs

1 credit hour - Three hours weekly; five weeks.
Investigate and analyze a variety of learning styles, disabilities, backgrounds, and instructional strategies for meeting the needs of diverse learners. Examine topics such as brain research and multiple intelligences pertaining to teaching adults with diverse needs.

Note: Typically offered OL; spring term.

Course Outcomes:

Identify and explain a variety of diverse needs including students with disabilities and at risk populations
Connect the theory of multiple intelligences to classroom pedagogy
Practice constructing and evaluating learning tasks that meet the needs of a variety of differing abilities
Create an instructional strategies toolkit including a variety of learning tasks
Discuss contemporary trends and issues relative to teaching adults with diverse needs