- Critical Pedagogies: Gender, Race and Class in U.S. Education

Catalog description

In its examination of current pressing issues in U.S. education and other schooling systems around the world, the central concern throughout this course is the relationship between teachers and students; schools and society; and people and the world. Particular attention is given to pedagogies informed by critical theory. The course includes a 20-25 hour curricular service-learning commitment in an area school or community organization, which is intended to deepen students' engagement with course concepts. This course fulfills the Social Sciences and Women of Color in the U.S. distribution requirements for WGST majors and the Black Studies (BLST) cross-listed course requirement for WGST majors/minors.