Social Movements are important contemporary actors influencing both societies and individuals. Social movements are also educational, transforming participants' worldviews and developing innovative pedagogical practices for both non-formal contexts and formal schooling. This course examines the role education plays in social movement struggles in the United States and globally. Students will learn about a diversity of social movements in unique geographical and social contexts and how these movements have centered education into their organizing strategies and social and political goals.
3-4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP)
Social Movements are important contemporary actors influencing both societies and individuals. Social movements are also educational, transforming participants' worldviews and developing innovative pedagogical practices for both non-formal contexts and formal schooling. This course examines the role education plays in social movement struggles in the United States and globally. Students will learn about a diversity of social movements in unique geographical and social contexts and how these movements have centered education into their organizing strategies and social and political goals.
Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.