Field experience/observation hours: 30 clock hours in a public or private school setting. This course will prepare students for teaching in the culturally rich environment of America’s schools. Students will understand the accepted definition of diversity and how to deliver content that assures successful outcomes to all learners. Students will learn how race, culture, and immigration affect society. Specific areas of study will include the contributions of Native American, African, Hispanic, and Asian cultures to the United States’ democratic society, and how work, leisure and essential belief systems affect the individual learner, as well as group culture. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to define what culture is, and how culture affects and is affected by education; differentiate between additive and transformative multicultural curricula; and develop lesson plans that address the needs of diverse learners. Prerequisite: WO 1060 Philosophy of Art + Design; must be an Art Education major