University of Florida (CorruptED)

The University of Florida’s College of Education courses include topics such as critical pedagogy, critical race theory, white fragility, and white privilege. The courses also include texts such as Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo’s Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education, Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Paulo Freire, and Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, and Delgado and Stefancic’s Critical race theory: An introduction.

A recently released report from the Claremont Institute titled Making Kindergarten Teachers Into Radicals focuses on the Elementary Education at The University of Florida programming.

COURSES

EDF 2085: Teaching Diverse Populations

The course EDF 2085: Teaching Diverse Populations features topics such as oppression, power, white privilege, and racism. It also includes texts such as Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo’s Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education and Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

Its description states that it is a “survey of educational demographics, foundations of prejudice, elements of culture, political and philosophical roots of diversity and commonality, exceptionalities, and barriers to cultural understanding and diversity in the classroom.”

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EDG 7224: Critical Pedagogy

The graduate-level course EDG 7224: Critical Pedagogy features topics such as critical pedagogy, microaggressions, and white fragility. It also includes texts such as Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo’s Is Everyone Really Equal: An introduction of Key Concepts in Social Justice Education, Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, and Paulo Freire.

The course description states that students “will become familiar with key concepts and principles of critical theory, critical pedagogy, and social justice education so that they may use this body of work to inform their teaching, leadership, scholarship, and, perhaps, their lives.”

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EDF 6939/LAS 6938: Critical Race Theory in Educational Research

The graduate-level course EDF 6939/LAS 6938: Critical Race Theory in Educational Research features critical race theory and texts such as Delgado and Stefancic’s Critical race theory: An introduction.

The course description states that it is “critical that educational researchers and practitioners examine how race and racism intersect with the production of knowledge, implementation of educational policy, and hegemonic practices that systemically oppress[-ed] and marginalize[-d] racialized groups from pre-school to the university.”

The purpose of the course is to “provide future practitioners and academics with a conceptual understanding of a) the legal underpinnings of CRT, b) foundations of CRT in educational research, c) various applications of CRT’s tenets and CRT methodology in educational research, and d) the future of CRT as a theoretical heuristic to interrogate systemic racism in education.”

A course assignment requires students to write a “Critical Race Autobiography” which includes a reflection on the student’s “positionality as an [educational] researcher who intends to grapple with race and racism” and to answer, “what role has race and racism played in determining how you construct, enact, and/or articulate your identity in various spaces.” It also asks students to “reflect on your lived experiences with race on both a micro and macro-level” and “relate your experiences to a larger conceptual understanding of institutional racism by drawing upon extant scholarly research at various points in your autobiography.”