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Direct linkLevinson, Meira, Ed.; Fay, Jacob, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? "Democratic Discord in Schools" features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Problem Solving, Cooperation
McMahon, Brenda J., Ed.; Portelli, John P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse to the current dialogue on student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Urban Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Download full textEvans, Ronald W., Ed.; Saxe, David Warren, Ed. – 1996
This handbook explores the issues-centered curriculum for social studies teaching and how student performance reflects an intellectual capacity to address public issues. The book is divided into 11 parts with essays to address specific aspects of the approach. The foreword, written by Shirley Engle, establishes a context for issues-based…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Levine, Carol, Ed. – 1989
The student who has thoughtfully examined opposing viewpoints on an issue should perceive what other position can be occupied on that issue and should learn to carefully consider antithetical viewpoints. The development of this critical approach is the purpose of this book. An introduction, postscript summary, and two articles or published…
Descriptors: Bioethics, Biological Sciences, College Science, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Goldfarb, Theodore D., Ed. – 1989
The student who has thoughtfully examined opposing viewpoints on an issue should perceive what other position can be occupied on that issue and should learn to carefully consider antithetical viewpoints. The development of this critical approach is the purpose of this book. An introduction, postscript summary, and pro and con articles or published…
Descriptors: Careers, College Science, Conservation (Environment), Controversial Issues (Course Content)
