Messing with the Master Narrative
The Challenges of Challenging Meritocracy in Undergraduate Education “Diversity” Coursework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16914023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simona Goldin (0000-0002-5312-5291, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Chandra L Alston (0000-0003-2095-5464, North Carolina State University), J W Hammond (0000-0001-7226-0408, Michigan Technological University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440241249899 |
| OpenAlex | W4396972652 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Higher education is working to diversify the undergraduate curriculum to support critical thinking and promote racial justice—pressing work, particularly at predominantly white colleges and universities. To support students’ critical thinking, we need to better understand their awareness of systemic inequities as they enter and exit undergraduate diversity courses. To inform the development of undergraduate curricula, we use iterative comparative analysis of students’ written work to investigate patterns in their thinking regarding issues of systemic inequalities in U.S. public schools before and after an undergraduate diversity course. We examine patterns in student language as they make sense of systemic inequities using course data that centers historic and systemic inequities in U.S schools. We find that students consider these data within their already-held narratives of meritocracy and individuality, resulting in troubled text regarding the role of race and class privilege, and the responsibility/culpability of systems versus individuals in educational attainment
Coursework · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Meritocracy · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |