University of Pennsylvania (CorruptED)

The University of Pennsylvania College of Education courses feature topics such as critical pedagogy, decolonization, and tenets of queer theory. Course texts include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and The 1619 Project.

COURSES

EDUC 545: Activism Beyond the Classroom

The course EDUC 545: Activism Beyond the Classroom includes topics such as abolitionism, activism, Black Lives Matter, critical pedagogy, decolonization, tenets of queer theory, and restorative justice. Course texts include selections from Black Lives Matter, Bettina Love, Combahee River Collective, and The 1619 Project.

The course description states the course will “critically examine theories of power, resistance, and liberatory transformation to share knowledges and build a critical vocabulary with which we will investigate the contested rhetorical and political terrain of our present moment” and “experiment with how theory can be brought to bear on contemporary struggles around education—and, conversely, how the practices of activism can inform our learning, scholarship, and pedagogies.”

A course website with additional resources can be found HERE. Below are selections from course presentations and notes.

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EDUC 616: Foundations of Teaching and Learning

The University of Pennsylvania course titled EDUC 616: Foundations of Teaching and Learning features critical pedagogy, culturally relevant pedagogy, and texts which include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

The course will focus on exploring “foundational theoretical perspectives on teaching and learning.”