University of North Texas (CorruptED)

The University of North Texas features several courses which include the study of critical race theory, decolonization, oppression, tenets of queer theory, white privilege, and the reading of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

COURSES

EDLE 5600: Race, Class, and Gender Issues in Education

The course titled EDLE 5600: Race, Class, and Gender Issues in Education features students studying topics such as white privilege and oppression.

The course description states that it will provide a “firm foundation of knowledge and insight on race, class and gender issues in our society” and “includes discussions on LBGTQ issues and education of a diverse student population.”

The course syllabus states that the purpose of the course is “designed to promote the development of culturally proficient teachers and school and district leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of a diverse student population.”

Module three for the course includes students being able to “describe how oppressions currently experienced by members of diverse groups [sic],” and “identify practices of overt and covert institutional racism,” and reading an article on “racism and white privilege.”

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EDUC 6050: Culture, Identity, and Education

The course EDUC 6050: Culture, Identity, and Education includes the topics of critical race theory, decolonization, oppression, and white privilege.

The course goals include exploring “issues related to the culture and identity of American schools” through questions such as “In what ways can we authentically celebrate and leverage culture in curriculum and pedagogy in order to adequately support the learning and thriving of all students? In your own learning experiences, in what ways have privilege and oppression played a role?”

Week three’s topic on “Challenging Deficit Thinking” includes a focus on “culturally relevant pedagogy” and culturally sustaining pedagogy.”

The unit titled “Gender Identities and Schooling I” includes reading an article titled “‘You Make Me Erect!’: Queer Girls of Color Negotiating Heteronormative Leadership at an Urban All-Girls’ Public School.”

The units on race feature students studying critical race theory, settler colonialism, “tribal critical race theory,” “Asian critical (AsianCrit) theory,” and “intersectionality.”

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EDUC 6120: Theoretical Foundation for Educational Studies

The course EDUC 6120: Theoretical Foundations for Educational Studies includes the study of critical theory, critical race theory, decolonization, and reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

The unit titled “Labor Perspectives” includes students reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Henry Giroux’s Teachers as transformative intellectuals.

Week nine of the course focuses on “Critical Perspectives” which includes critical race theory and decolonization.