University of Michigan (CorruptED)

The University of Michigan School of Education courses feature topics such as critical pedagogy, critical theory, critical race theory, tenets of queer theory, white privilege, white supremacy culture, and whiteness. Course texts include bell hooks’ Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom, Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, and Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo’s Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education.

COURSES

EDUC 591: How People Learn

The course EDUC 591: How People Learn includes topics such as critical pedagogy, restorative justice, social and emotional learning. Course texts include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

The course description states that it is a “foundational course in learning theories and their educational application” and it will “examine learning from the perspective of educational justice and equity, always seeking to understand how power, privilege, oppression, and resistance impact learners, learning outcomes, and pedagogies.”

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EDUC 623: Exploring Whiteness

The course EDUC 623: Exploring Whiteness includes topics such as white identity, white privilege, white supremacy culture, and whiteness. Course texts include bell hooks, Ibram X. Kendi, and Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

The course description states that “in the United States, we continue to suffer from institutional racism and White supremacist culture.” The “aim of this course is to more deeply understand the social construction of whiteness, to explore White supremacist structures and cultures embedded in American society, and to support students in deepening their own understanding of whiteness.”

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EDUC 639: Pursuing DIJE (Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, Equity)

The course EDUC 639: Pursuing DIJE (Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, Equity) includes topics such as anti-racism, critical theory, oppression, privilege, tenets of queer theory, toxic masculinity, white privilege, and white supremacy. Course texts include bell hooks’ Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom, Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, and Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo’s Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education.

The course description states that it will “examine the concepts of diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity from an anti-racist perspective, using a critical social justice framework.”

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EDUC 722: Race, Racism, and Anti-Blackness

The course EDUC 722: Race, Racism, and Anti-Blackness includes topics such as anti-Blackness, colonialism, colorblind racism, critical race theory, decolonization, intersectionality, white privilege, white supremacy, and whiteness.

The course description states that “will learn and employ interpretive and analytical strategies informed by anti-colonial/decolonial and anti-racist frameworks, critical theories of race (e.g., hegemonic whiteness, colorblind and postracism, and racial capitalism), racialized geographies, and other perspectives to critique the field and function of American colleges and universities.”

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EDUC 791: Foundations of Teaching and Learning

The course EDUC 791: Foundations of Teaching and Learning includes topics such as critical pedagogy and critical race theory. Course texts include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of Freedom.

The course description states that it is meant to “provide an introduction to some of the major theories of learning and how they have guided educational practice, such as teaching, historically and currently.”