Abstract:
Effective pedagogy to teach students about anti-oppression education is valuable
to educators and campuses in the United States. One means to introduce oppression to
students is to discuss it in its ethical perspectives. This allows students to bring
oppression to an individual level and the focus is on values with facts to provide support.
The review of the literature provides the reader with pedagogical ideas about using ethics
in anti-oppression education.
The effectiveness of an anti-oppression course on students is studied by using
qualitative and quantitative empirical research. Students' changes towards other ethnic
groups and their changes in behaviors, attitudes, and opinions about racism in the United
States over 10 weeks is quantitatively studied. The qualitative measure is student
interviews which were conducted at the end of a 10 week term. An understanding of
effective pedagogical strategies, through an interdisciplinary approach, to teach students
about racism and other oppressions is worth investigation and further research.
