This course will explore the perspectives offered by some of the curricular theorists who have advanced critical pedagogies that hold at their center student experience. In addition, the course will utilize these concepts and ideas to develop a theoretical analysis on a contemporary, school-based social justice program. How might the work of such an educational approach be strengthened by critical self-awareness? Or in what ways might the objective of teaching towards social justice be enhanced with a more democratized understanding of learning?
This course will explore the perspectives offered by some of the curricular theorists who have advanced critical pedagogies that hold at their center student experience. In addition, the course will utilize these concepts and ideas to develop a theoretical analysis on a contemporary, school-based social justice program. How might the work of such an educational approach be strengthened by critical self-awareness? Or in what ways might the objective of teaching towards social justice be enhanced with a more democratized understanding of learning?
