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)

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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