EDUC5020 Introduction to Equity, Social Justice Education, and Personal Transformation

This course is intended to examine educational policy, practice, and materials using a variety of lenses informed by social justice theory and praxis. Students will investigate ways in which racism, sexism, economic injustice, heterosexism, social class and poverty, and other forms of discrimination influence schools and educational access and opportunity for children. In addition, students will articulate their personal transformation based on social justice consciousness and processes.