EDUC 820 - Critical Analysis of System Inequality: Social Justice Education

Description:
Advanced and in-depth exploration of the issues of power and inequality in the U.S. history including but not limited to racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, and linguicism. The historical survey of equality becomes a foundation for addressing current issues from a variety of perspectives and possibilities. Key course concepts for social justice in education include cultural deficit frameworks, meritocracy, whiteness as a social construct, color blindness and race neutrality, micro-agressions, and politics of epistemology. Examine historic and contemporary examples of educational institutions as mechanisms of social, political, and economic control. Examples will include U.S. American Indian boarding schools, school segregation, tracking, and vocational education. Engage in critical research, analysis, writing, and development of programs in your field that strive to end oppressive practices and balance systemic inequalities.

Prerequisites:
Admission into the Ed.D. program.

3 cr.