Critical Consent Curriculum: Toward Ethical Self-Empowerment in Schools

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Abstract

Using curriculum theory and sound studies, this paper explores what the author has named a “critical consent curriculum.” This paper traces the many reverberations of sociopolitical norms that devalue and overlook critical consent conversations. This is evident by the absence of such dialogues in teacher education programs, K-12 schools, and broader nonconsensual relations and relationships that are expressed across communities. Through narratives collected from three sonic ethnographic studies, this paper serves as a call to action for teacher education programs to enmesh a critical consent curriculum and, relatedly, curriculum studies throughout their programs. This is not an “either/or” argument. Rather it is a “both/and” dialogue about this proposed lens to education would impact everyday intra-actions in schools by foregrounding consent.

Author

• Boni Wozolek, Pennsylvania State University - Abington