Poverty and Education
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Poverty and Education

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Course Description: This course provides teachers with a better understanding of what poverty is and how it affects the students they work with. Teachers will learn more about the social, cognitive, health-related and stress-related challenges that economically challenged kids face every day. Understand the “hidden rules” of poverty, middle class and wealth. Learn what the poverty-related behaviors are and their interventions. This course provides practical yet compassionate strategies and techniques for addressing the impact of poverty on student’s lives. Required text #1: Jenson, Eric. Teaching With Poverty in Mind. ASCD. 2009. Required text #2: Payne, Ruby K. A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Aha! Process, Inc. 2005 (Fourth Revised Edition). You can click the images above to purchase the books directly through Amazon. Instructor: Melinda Younger This course is 3 graduate credits. 

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