Spring 2027

Education for Social Justice

Study theories and practices of educating for social justice using participatory methodologies, focusing on critical pedagogy and transformative educators like Paulo Freire and bell hooks.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anthony Hernandez4.1/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Reynaldo Morales

The class was very lecture and quiz heavy, and the content tended to drift off topic occasionally.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define and consider social justice fully

  • Explore politically engaged education efforts

  • Examine contemporary theories that orient praxis in popular education, social justice education, and participatory action research

  • Make links between theory and practice, including through reflection on their own experiences

  • Improve critical reading, research, oral presentation, and academic literacy skills

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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EDPOL 212

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Professors

Spring 2027

Anthony Hernandez

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Raw average: 4.59/5 from 17 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANTHONY HERNANDEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REYNALDO MORALES is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Reynaldo Morales

The course environment was described as open, with the professor making strong efforts to establish personal connections with individual students.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=78 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Reynaldo Morales

The class was very lecture and quiz heavy, and the content tended to drift off topic occasionally.

Past student reviews · Reynaldo Morales

Students found the professor to be overall good, noting his dedication to making personal connections despite the heavy lecture format.

Topics

  • Popular education, peace and human rights education, and critical pedagogy
  • Ideas of transformative educators Paulo Freire and bell hooks
  • Radical educator collectives and global transformative education efforts

Skills

  • Defining and considering social justice
  • Linking theory and practice through reflection
  • Critical reading, research, oral presentation, and academic literacy

Grades

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EDPOL 212 · Spring 2027

Education for Social Justice

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model & dataset provenance 
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