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Direct linkCallahan, Rebecca M.; Obenchain, Kathryn M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
Social studies education is designed to provide a foundation for civic society. In this study we consider immigrant optimism theory within the context of U.S. secondary social studies to examine the civic potential of immigrant youth. Using a mixed-methods approach, we complement analyses of teacher and immigrant young adult interviews with…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Expectation, Civics, Immigrants
Fry, Sara W.; O'Brien, Jason – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
Teacher educators have an obligation to prepare preservice teachers with the skills and dispositions necessary to promote a socially just world. Yet the results of this study uncovered that the majority of elementary preservice teachers in a national sample (N = 846) have a simplistic perception of good citizenship consistent with what Westheimer…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Citizenship Education, Social Justice
