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resistance theory  

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  • Resistance theory promotes a politicized reading of the actions taken by students to oppose power hierarchies that reinforce systemic inequity related to class, gender, race, and sexuality through the imposition of curricula, rules, and culture in schools. Grounded in Marxism, postmodernism, feminism, and poststructuralism, resistance theorists provide perspective for the actions students take to complicate the political and social order of society that is replicated in schools. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Resistance Theory]

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