University of Alabama (CorruptED)

University of Alabama College of Education courses feature topics such as antiracism, critical pedagogy, decolonization, Marxism, queer theory, and whiteness. Course texts include Bill Ayers’ Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination and Paulo Freire.

COURSES

AEL/BEF 667: Multicultural and Social Education for Leadership

The course AEL/BEF 667: Multicultural and Social Education for Leadership includes content such as antiracism, critical pedagogy, decolonization, Marxism, Postmodernism, queer theory, and whiteness. Course readings include Bill Ayers’ Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination and Paulo Freire.

The course description states that the course will “offer a critique of the traditional knowledge base in educational administration from a number of theoretical perspectives, including poststructuralism, feminism, marxism, and queer theory.”

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BEF 362: School, Culture, and Society

The University of Alabama’s course titled BEF 362 – School, Culture, and Society includes topics such as “racism,” “classism,” “heterosexism,” “linguicism,” and “ableism.” The course also has students read and discuss Paulo Freire.

The description states that the course is “designed to introduce” the student to their “chosen profession broadly.”

An online course description states that it is “an examination of the foundations of education in a modern democratic society and the critical project of promoting social justice through schooling.”