Decolonizing the high school and undergraduate curriculum
Torres Rivera, Edil Torres Fernández, Ivelisse
Torres Rivera, Edil
Torres Fernández, Ivelisse
Citations
Altmetric:
Other Names
Location
Time Period
Advisors
Original Date
Digitization Date
Issue Date
2024
Type
Book chapter
Genre
Keywords
Social psychology,Social psychiatry,Community psychology,Cross-cultural counseling,Imperialism and science
Subjects (LCSH)
Citation
Torres Rivera, E., & Torres Fernández, I. (2024). Decolonizing the high school and undergraduate curriculum. In L. Comas-Díaz, H. Y. Adames, & N. Y. Chavez-Dueñas (Eds.), Decolonial psychology: Toward anticolonial theories, research, training, and practice (pp. 205–217). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000376-009
Abstract
This chapter focuses on decolonizing high school and undergraduate educational programs. It is important to underscore that no consensus on developing a decolonial curriculum has been reached given that many scholars see this process as a colonial artifact. Decolonization is pluralistic: the concept is understood differently depending on the person's location, positionality, and political stance. The chapter conceptualizes decolonization as disrupting Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (or WEIRD) epistemologies. Decolonization also focuses on reclaiming and reframing what has been erased from history by adding knowledge reflected in the deconstruction of the colonial discourse. Developing an understanding of the process of colonization is essential to imagine, talk, and eventually engage in actions to deconstruct WEIRD epistemologies and curricula. The chapter describes the stages of the colonization process outlined by Enriquez and later updated and clarified by Laenui. It describes different approaches to decolonizing the curriculum and propose a model. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Table of Contents
Description
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Journal
Book Title
Decolonial psychology: Toward anticolonial theories, research, training, and practice