Term

Summer 2024

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Capstone Project

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MAT

Facilitator(s)

Julia Reimer

Content Expert

William Britt

Abstract

This study explores the impact of creating a culturally responsive curriculum for a special education classroom in a mostly White school on students' social emotional learning. Research was conducted of scholarly articles related to the impact of culturally responsive pedagogy in special education and general education classrooms. The impact of a culturally responsive classroom was compared to the historical nature of the American classroom and evidence has proven that students who are exposed to a curriculum that allows all students to find a connection with the materials do better not only academically, but socially-emotionally as well. The curriculum created for this project has utilized the Universal Design for Learning (UdL) and applied it to a literature of music unit that allows students to explore not only the variety of literary devices utilized in music, but also teaches students about the appreciation of the cultural history and those who made an impact without appreciation for their talents based on racial injustices of the past. The curriculum that has been developed for this project is intended for a special education 11th/12th grade classroom with students who have a mild to moderate learning disability in the area of reading and/or writing. The curriculum can be expanded to be utilized in a general education classroom as well with further group discussions.

Project Type

Curriculum

Keywords

At-risk Students, Curriculum, Special Education, Teachers/ Teaching

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Wozniak, Linda Project.pdf (18766 kB)

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