Critical Social Theories

Catalog description

This survey course examines the foundations, applications, and practice of critical social theories in U.S. education. Through rigorous texts, engaged discussion, and reflective assignments, this course aims to address the following central questions: What is theory and who gets to define that?; What is social theory?; What is critical about critical social theories?; How is theory pertinent to practical, everyday educational practices?; How can and does education contribute to either reinforcing or challenging relations of power and domination in the modern era?; and What is your relationship to critical social theory?