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Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness
Understanding how to make physics instruction more equitable is an ongoing challenge. While many teachers desire this change, few resources support teachers in actualizing DEI efforts in classrooms. In this study, we observed a learning community of physics instructors attempting to decolonize curricula, i.e., critically analyzing practices and content within instruction that decenter the Eurocentric physics narrative. We use a critical whiteness analytical framework to examine tensions instructors encounter as they attempt to reform traditional curricula together. Findings show four characteristics of whiteness and their antidotes across the data: 1) Perfectionism, 2) Sense of urgency, 3) Quantity over quality, and 4) One right way. We found the democratic structure of the group restrained characteristics of whiteness as teachers worked to unlearn norms of schooling. By attempting new ways of thinking to decolonize the curricula and meetings, they productively moved towards a middle ground between the characteristics and their antidotes.
Physics Education Research Conference 2023
Part of the PER Conference series Sacramento, CA: July 19-20, 2023 Pages 314-319
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=16602">Smith, M, M. Brown, A. Daane, and C. Mathis. "Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023.</a>
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M. Smith, M. Brown, A. Daane, and C. Mathis, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16602&DocID=5782).
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M. Smith, M. Brown, A. Daane, and C. Mathis, Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16602&DocID=5782>.
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Smith, M., Brown, M., Daane, A., & Mathis, C. (2023, July 19-20). Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA. Retrieved June 16, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16602&DocID=5782
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Smith, M, M. Brown, A. Daane, and C. Mathis. "Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16602&DocID=5782 (accessed 16 June 2025).
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Smith, Mathilda J., Michelle N. Brown, Abigail R. Daane, and Clausell Mathis. "Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness." Physics Education Research Conference 2023. Sacramento, CA: 2023. 314-319 of PER Conference. 16 June 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16602&DocID=5782>.
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Author = "Mathilda J. Smith and Michelle N. Brown and Abigail R. Daane and Clausell Mathis",
Title = {Unlearning indoctrination: Tensions between decolonizing curricula and characteristics of whiteness},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2023},
Pages = {314-319},
Address = {Sacramento, CA},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 19-20},
Year = {2023}
}
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