This document outlines an anti-oppressive education class. The class introduces concepts of oppression, social justice, and self-awareness. It discusses forms of oppression like racism, classism, sexism, and ableism. The document provides approaches for anti-oppressive education and ways teachers can work to dismantle oppression through their teaching practices and expanding knowledge of marginalized groups. Students participate in small group discussions of readings and are encouraged to critically examine society and their environment.

1. Anti-oppressive Education
…Leading to Social Justice

2. Class Outline
• Introduction to anti-oppressive education
and social justice
• Self awareness activity
• Discussion of “Posts” article in small
group format
• Discussion of Indecently Exposed in
small group format
• Large group debriefing of article and
video
• Closure

3. Oppression is:
A social dynamic in which
certain ways of being in this
world,including certain ways
of identifying or being
identified, are normalized or
privileged while other ways
are disadvantaged or
marginalized.

4. Forms of oppression
include:

5. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism

6. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism

7. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism

8. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism

9. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism
• Anti-Semitism

10. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism
• Anti-Semitism
• Ablism

11. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism
• Anti-Semitism
• Ablism
• Colonialism

12. Forms of oppression
include:
• Racism
• Classism
• Sexism
• Heterosexism
• Anti-Semitism
• Ablism
• Colonialism
• And other isms….

13. Circle of Oppression:
Oppression is socially constructed, not
individual.
From:http://www.oswego.edu/~prusso1/circle_of_oppression.htm

14. Social Justice

15. Social Justice
• The Government’s Agenda for creating a
fair and equal society where ‘everyone
matters’

16. Social Justice
• The Government’s Agenda for creating a
fair and equal society where ‘everyone
matters’
• Equitable access to resources and the
benefits derived from them; a system
that recognizes inalienable rights and
adheres to what is fair, honest, and
moral. (Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms)

17. How privileged are you?
And the survey says…..

18. Approaches to Anti-
oppressive Education…

19. Approaches to Anti-
oppressive Education…
• Subtle ways like changing the
wording of issues

20. Approaches to Anti-
oppressive Education…
• Subtle ways like changing the
wording of issues
• Obvious ways like creating learning
situations that help students to be
critical observers of their
environment

21. What can teachers do?

22. What can teachers do?
• Teach students to value difference,
recognize injustice, and take action
to question injustice

23. What can teachers do?
• Teach students to value difference,
recognize injustice, and take action
to question injustice
• Critically evaluate and modify
curriculum, materials, and teaching
strategies

24. What can teachers do?
• Teach students to value difference,
recognize injustice, and take action
to question injustice
• Critically evaluate and modify
curriculum, materials, and teaching
strategies
• Expand personal and professional
knowledge about issues of
oppression and marginalized
groups

25. What can teachers do?
• Learn from and collaborate with
other teachers who teach for social
justice

26. What can teachers do? (cont.)
• Learn from and collaborate with
other teachers who teach for social
justice
• Take a stance in their personal,
social, and professional lives to
work for social justice

27. Discussion Time!!!
1. Form two small groups.
2. Use the discussion guide to
discuss Kumashiro’s article.
3. Exchange two members with the
other group.
4. Discuss the video (second page
of the discussion guide).

28. Removing Oppressive Lenses
(Kevin Kumashiro)
• Education for the Other (recognizing
oppression and its effects)
• Education about the Other
(recognizing stereotypes)
• Education that is Critical of
Privileging and Othering (looking at
society and white priviledge)
• Education that Changes Students
and Society (resistance, crisis,
resignifying of self)

29. Lenses of Oppression
• racism
• colonialism • sexism
• Anti-semitism • classism
• ablism • heterosexism

30. Lenses of Oppression
• racism
• Anti-semitism • sexism
• ablism • classism
• heterosexism

31. Lenses of Oppression
• racism
• ablism • sexism
• heterosexism • classism

32. Lenses of Oppression
• racism
• heterosexism • sexism
• classism

33. Lenses of Oppression
• racism
• classism • sexism

34. Lenses of Oppression
• sexism • racism

35. Lenses of Oppression
• racism

36. Perceptions free from oppression,
let teachers focus on individuals.
Anti-oppressive Lens

37. Never judge me till you’ve
walked a mile in my shoes...