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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