Arizona State University (CorruptED)

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College courses feature topics such as critical pedagogy and tenets of queer theory. Texts include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

COURSES

TEL 111: Exploration of Education

The course TEL 111: Exploration of Education features topics such as critical pedagogy and reading Henry Giroux’s Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy.

The description states that students will “explore their own identity as it relates to the field of education,” and a course objective is the exploration of “ways to be inclusive, equitable, and culturally proficient educators.“

The readings examine gender and sexuality issues in education, such as Emma Green’s America’s Profound Gender Anxiety, an article on Horry County Schools’ transgender bathroom use appeal, and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s “Principles for Ensuring Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Students.” These principles include encouraging schools to “have a diverse workforce,” “provide information about LGBQT issues in school libraries,” and “offer school-based groups for LGBTQ and heterosexual students.” 


Other literature discusses “Critical Pedagogy” (critical race theory) and “Culturally Responsive Curriculum.” Henry Giroux’s Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy is a required reading for the course.

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TEL 212: Understanding the Culturally Diverse Learner

The course TEL 212: Understanding the Culturally Diverse Learner features the tenets of queer theory.

The overview states that it will explore “diversity through eight micro-cultures including: class, ethnicity and race, gender, exceptionality, religion, language, geography, and age—and the impact of these cultures on learning in K-12 classrooms.” This class seeks to enable students to “reflect on our feelings about working with diverse children.”

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Cultural Diversity in Music Teaching and Learning

The course Cultural Diversity in Music Teaching and Learning features topics such as anti-racism, critical pedagogy, “decolonizing music education,” and tenets of whiteness. Course texts include Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

The description states that the course will “introduce students to issues related to identity, power, oppression, privilege, and culture in music education.”