Why Professional Certificate in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Muslim Learners?
Overview
This course is designed to support educators working with Muslim learners to develop their knowledge and skills in relation to culturally responsive pedagogy, curriculum inclusive of Muslim learner experiences, as well as support equity and access issues in relation to religion and culture, and consider learning resources that reflect contemporary issues relevant to Muslim learners.
Muslim learners in Australia are subject to scrutiny and judgement on account of broader social ‘othering’. They also face complex challenges in relation to bullying, bigotry, identity, belonging, self-worth, and exclusion, particularly in the current climate of negative political and media discourse surrounding Islam and Muslim peoples. Muslim learners present as marginalised culturally and religiously diverse learners having to negotiate within schools and educational settings that pay little attention to their knowledge, perspectives, experiences or voices – all efforts that impede their engagement and education.
Culturally responsive pedagogy is essential to promote the national education priorities of equity and excellence for all learners. An additional challenge to meeting this goal, is that Muslim learners are diverse in their cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, levels of religiosity, theological positions, and attachment to Islam as a primary identity marker.
Key features
Highly interactive dialogues on school-based challenges and aspirations- Big ideas grounded in cutting edge education research to transform practice
- Engaging and practical assessments that connect to school realities and priorities
What you'll learn
This program is suitable for any educator working with Muslim learners, including current and pre-service teachers, education faculty and graduate students.
Individual benefits
In this course you will:
- Learn about the diversity of Australian Muslim communities
- Explore teaching strategies that are culturally and religiously responsive that better connect with the life worlds of Muslim learners
- Appreciate the funds of knowledge that Muslim learners bring to classrooms
- Learn about the issues, misconceptions and diverse and/or divergent opinions about Islam and Muslims that may impact on learners, educators, parents, and school communities
- Apply the case example of Muslim learners to learners who identify with a faith affiliation in public schools
- Recognise that learner lifeworlds (including when a learner identifies with a religion) are valuable learning assets in our classrooms and schools
- Develop strength-based approaches and practical strategies for addressing contemporary and/or controversial issues when faith perspectives arise in public schools.
- Appreciate the diversity within Muslim communities as assets to learning and teaching.
- Identify key intersections (race, class, gender, etc) that arise for diverse Muslim learners in secular schooling environments requiring educator support.
- Develop responsive approaches to support diverse Muslim learners in classrooms and across informal aspects of school life.
Degree Structure: Professional Certificate in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Muslim Learners
Program code: PCCRP
Complete 6 units comprising:
- 6 units for all Core courses
Courses
Listed here are all the courses that contribute to your program, including elective options that can be chosen. These courses come together to form your study plan. Courses fall into different categories, each of which have specific unit values that need to be met under the program rules.
What courses you'll study
Complete 6 units comprising:
- 6 units for all Core courses
Complete 6 units for ALL of the following:
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
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Course name
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Muslim Learners
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Course code
EDUC8001
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Units
6
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- Career advice and mentoring services
- Personal counselling
- LGBTQIA+ support
- Academic support
- Fees and finance help
- Security services
- Accommodation services
- Common rooms
- Prayer rooms.
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Your campus
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