University of California Irvine (CorruptED)

The University of California Irvine’s School of Education courses feature topics including critical race theory.

ED 124: Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools

The course ED 124: Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools includes topics such as critical race theory.

The course objectives state that this course’s purpose is to “address how demographic, economic, historical, political, and social forces impact diverse populations with respect to their performance in schools.” The course places particular emphasis on “understanding the educational plight of low-income Asian Americans, African Americans, and Chicano/Latinos in urban school contexts” and “their attempts to gain social mobility will be critically assessed.” The course aims to “examine how structures of domination and subordination are reproduced and resisted through the ‘cultural practices’ of distinct student populations.” Additionally, special attention is given to “transformative practices that enable students to dismantle inequality.”

Student learning outcomes include:

• “Analyze contemporary race theories.”
• “Engage in a critical pedagogy of race.”
• “Explore alternative approaches to understanding the oppression of people of various backgrounds.”

Required readings include:

• Flores, Cousin & Diaz (1991) and Solorzano, D. G., & Yosso, T. J. (2001). From racial stereotyping and deficit discourse organizer Flores S&Y to toward a critical race theory in teacher education
• Noguera, P. (2003). Schools, prisons, and social implications of punishment: Rethinking disciplinary practices
• Lewis, A. (2003). Everyday Race-Making