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Selda San; Cemil Öztürk; Ahmet Katilmis – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2023
In a rapidly developing and advancing world, citizens are expected to be involved in politics and help their administrators and politicians. Although the concept of political literacy has an old history, it has become popular today. It has been included as a skill in the 2018 and 2023 social studies curricula in Türkiye. Considering the relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Social Studies, Politics
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Sahin, Gün Erol; Demirbas, Çagri Öztürk – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
The study aimed to investigate how social studies teachers give information about the immediate environment in lessons and determine course objectives through non-formal school activities. The study sample consisted of 38 social studies teachers working in Kirikkale province in the 2018-2019 academic year. The data were analyzed with content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Knowledge Level, Geography Instruction
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Martell, Christopher C.; Carney, Mary M.; Marin, Katherine Ariemma; Hashimoto-Martell, Erin A. – Teacher Educator, 2021
Scholars have theorized about the growing movement of teacher research, where school-based practitioners engage in systematic examinations of their own work. They have argued that teacher research challenges relationships of knowledge and practice, as teacher-researchers are likely to ask different questions and offer different perspectives…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Higher Education
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Murray-Everett, Natasha C.; Demoiny, Sara B. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2022
This instrumental case study examines how elementary teacher candidates (TCs) came to understand citizenship and civic engagement after participating in a news group project during the 2020 presidential election season. TCs formed a binary understanding of civic engagement as "passive" vs. "active," viewing themselves as active…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Civics
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Thacker, Emma S.; Bodle, Aaron T. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2022
We designed and implemented a hybrid elementary social studies education elective focused on antiracist teacher education, place-based teacher education, and archaeology with partners at an historic site, James Madison's Montpelier. Our action research study indicates that, in the midst of injustices highlighted in 2020, participants engaged in…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies
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Osler, Audrey; Skarra, Jon Arne – Multicultural Education Review, 2021
A multicultural society that equates Christian and humanist values with human rights denies pluralism, placing human rights culture at risk. We examine Norwegian education policy discourses, noting human rights as a key feature of national identity, said to underpin schooling. Education policy maintains distinctions between those who embody…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Civil Rights, Guidelines, Christianity