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Practical Application of Critical Race Theory: A Social Justice Course Design

Pages 414-423 | Accepted 28 Jan 2016, Published online: 17 Apr 2017
 

ABSTRACT

Social work education aims to prepare students to effectively engage with diverse people and groups. This article presents a practical application of critical race theory (CRT) toward that end. It describes a brief history of curricular approaches to teaching diversity and social justice and examines a few of the challenges with current curricular approaches that CRT has the potential to mitigate. I provide an overview of CRT and discusses the utility of applying CRT to the design of a diversity and social justice course in a social work education program. A logic model, which illustrates the application of CRT and a social justice approach, is presented and discussed. The model includes strategies, course methods, student outcomes, and influential factors.

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Rose M. Pulliam

Rose M. Pulliam is an Assistant Professor at Texas State University.

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