Course Description
Early Learning Environments for Diverse Learners, EDUC W165
Explores diverse ways in which young children are raised across cultural and social-class groups, and implications for early interventions, preschooling, and public schools.
Key Information
Credit: 6 quarter units /
4 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Grad School of Education
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Major Requirement: Elective for UCB Education Minor
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; Transfer students may use for UD noncontiguous GE depending on major, Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Social Science; Sixth - 1 course Social Analysis; Revelle - one course towards Social Science (no major overlap); TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Muir: 1 course in a Social Science theme in "Culture, Society, and Social Justice"
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Major Requirement: Minor: may be applicable to "Area III. Elective" requirement for Educational Studies Minor depending on content, after petition. Consult Education advisor with specific offering syllabus for details. (Evaluated Fall 2021)
UC Santa Cruz:
Major Requirement: elective for the Education, Justics and Democracy B.A., Education Minor and STEM Education Minor.
Course Fees
None for matriculating UC students. Enrollment via 'concurrent enrollment' is available at cost through University of California Extension.
More About The Course
This new course delves into how child-rearing and family practices vary among cultural and ethnic groups, both within the U.S. and internationally. We then examine implications for parents, educators, and policy makers -- as they all try to strength how we nurture and teach young children.
Course Creator
Bruce Fuller
Bruce Fuller is professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His current work centers on the sociology of families and the organizations in which children are raised. Prof. Fuller's research teams have examined the effects of preschool and early-childhood initiatives on the growth of youngsters, along with the neighborhood environs that shape parenting. This includes the pervasive rise and use of digital tools inside the home and school. A former research sociologist at the World Bank, he taught at Harvard University before returning to California two decades ago. Prof. Fuller is presently finishing a book on the history of civic activism and school reform in Los Angeles.
Bruce Fuller is professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His current work centers on the sociology of families and the organizations in which children are raised. Prof. Fuller's research teams have examined the effects of preschool and early-childhood initiatives on the growth of youngsters, along with the neighborhood environs that shape ...Bruce Fuller is professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His current work centers on the sociology of families and the organizations in which children are raised. Prof. Fuller's research teams have examined the effects of preschool and early-childhood initiatives on the growth of youngsters, along with the neighborhood environs that shape parenting. This includes the pervasive rise and use of digital tools inside the home and school. A former research sociologist at the World Bank, he taught at Harvard University before returning to California two decades ago. Prof. Fuller is presently finishing a book on the history of civic activism and school reform in Los Angeles.
