Decolonizing Curriculum: Critical Content Analysis of a Classroom Reading Resource

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable Session 1:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Transformations Across Curriculum, Language, and Culture (Table 16)

Abstract

This paper analyzed an excerpt from National Geographic’s 2017 edition of the Reach for Reading fifth grade textbook. The textbook was published under a partnership between Cengage and National Geographic and was removed from print as a result of this study. The company has textbook subscriptions from school districts in all 50 states, and its efficacy studies rely on teacher fidelity as a significant variable in success (National Geographic Learning, 2020). This session will focus on the methodology of critical analysis as a decolonization tool, the process of communicating results to the company, and the outcome of company action.

Authors

• Chris Pavlovich, Montana Tech

• Sweeney Windchief, Montana State University