EDSM 9320:Equitable Curriculum Decision-Making for Middle & Secondary Education

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the doctoral program in Education.
This course serves as an advanced study of curriculum theory and design based on principles of equity and social justice. Intended for teachers and other education professionals serving as curriculum decision-makers, EDSM 9320 takes up critical discourses of curriculum theory, particularly as they relate to race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual identity, and market-based reforms. It presents principles of and approaches to equitable curriculum design, offering candidates tools to make curricular decisions from an asset rather than deficit perspective toward teachers and children.