EDUC220
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Equity, Justice, and Education in the United States
Education
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
EDUC
Course Number
220
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, NEDU: Minor-Education and Society, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive, NTEA: Minor-Teaching
Course Short Title
Equity, Justice, and Ed in US
Course Long Title
Equity, Justice, and Education in the United States
Course Description
Introduces students to critical issues in education through a lens of diversity and social justice. By examining how socially constructed differences may be used to privilege some learners and marginalize others, students will have the opportunity to explore how social inequality impacts public education. Students are asked to analyze their own relationships to issues related to race, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability and examine how these categories intersect to reproduce inequality in both society and schools. By investigating ways in which racism, sexism, economic injustice, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination influence schools and educational access and opportunity for youth, students will look to develop solutions to problems of inequity and identify ways that they can confront stereotypical thinking, facilitate perspective-changing and serve as change agents to overcome opportunity gaps.
Min
3
Repeatable
-
Course Restrictions
Level: UG (I),
Equivalent Course(s)
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