Description/Rationale:
This course will explore and examine how we might think about how we “do” race research in education. Specifically, this course will examine how we might think about how we can engage Critical Race Theory (CRT) in education research. Scholars in the field are not in agreement about whether there are discrete CRT methods or whether CRT as an analytical framework informs education research. We will examine the diversity of perspectives on this issue as well as examine how social scientists have thought about the way in which traditional research has perpetuated racist beliefs and masked racism and inequity through research on race.
Objectives:
By the end of the course:
1. Students will be able to identify the intellectual and socio-political traditions that inform research on race in the social sciences and education.
2. Students will refer to theoretical arguments from fields of study such as sociology, history, political science, and education to frame their understanding of race research and CRT and education research.
3. Students will examine/investigate/document possibilities for transformation of education, schooling, and society through engaging CRT and education research.
4. Students will refer to research reports and theoretical arguments to support their documentation of the impact and import of race and the intersection of race and other identity markers on education.
5. Students will make connections between the theoretical/conceptual propositions of CRT and education research.
- Teacher: Adrienne Dixson