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Uncovering Settler Grammars in Curriculum

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ID8923482
AuthorsDolores Calderón (0000-0002-4452-4311, University of Utah, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume50
Issue4
Pages313-338
Publication date2014-07-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2014.926904
OpenAlexW2025494141
LanguageEN
Citations received108
References cited79

In this article, I focus on making settler colonialism explicit in education. I turn to social studies curriculum as a clear example of how settler colonialism is deeply embedded in educational knowledge production in the United States that is rooted in a dialectic of Indigenous presence and absence. I argue that the United States, and the evolution of its schooling system in particular, are drenched in settler colonial identities. Thus, to begin to decolonize we must first learn to account for settler colonialism. To do so necessitates that we grapple with the dialectic of Indigenous presence and absence that is central to settler colonialism in the United States and its social studies curriculum

Colonialism · Curriculum · Decolonization · Dialectic · Epistemology · Indigenous · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Ecology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Philosophy

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