A brief exercise in currere and bathroom bills Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2018, 2018 Curriculum and Pedagogy Group. North Carolina voted into law legislation known as the Privacy Facilities and Security Act, commonly known as HB2 or the anti-transgender bathroom bill. We use Pinars (1975a, 1975b, 2012) currere methodology as a brief exercise in deconstructing this bathroom bill and others similar to it. In this short piece, we go through each moment: the regressive, progressive, analytical, and synthetical. Historical, social, and biological aspects of the bill are discussed and critically analyzed to outline a pathway to a synthetical moment that includes cultural reconceptualization, social justice, and equality for disenfranchised groups such as transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy

author list (cited authors)

  • Suarez, M. I., Hing, E. L., & Slattery, P.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Suarez, Mario I||Hing, Ebony Lai||Slattery, Patrick

publication date

  • September 2018