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Peterson, Barbara A. – Democracy & Education, 2019
Heggert and Flowers (2019) offer important insights into how social media provides students with important opportunities to engage in meaningful civic engagement and political activism. They argue that students are more politically active than some recent studies would have us believe because they are utilizing social media platforms, methods not…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Civil Disobedience, Activism, Citizen Participation
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Renner, Adam – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2009
America's sense of community is broken down; its sense of connectedness and the collective is "collapsing." That these senses ever existed is a matter for considerable debate. But, as the new millennium gains momentum and neoliberalism seeks expansion, the author argues that a focus on rekindling these concepts of community,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Democracy, Community, Curriculum Development
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Peralta, Andrew – Childhood Education, 2005
This article describes how a teacher changed all his plans to teach the hurricane. When the Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, kids become naturally curious and seek answers in an event this big. The author suggests the use of tragedies to help them grow as students and as citizens.
Descriptors: Current Events, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Weather
Smith, Ann R. – Momentum, 1988
Suggests that the United States Constitution be taught as a product of its times which nonetheless has evolved over the past two centuries. Recommends that secondary school students be required to read the Constitution, with attention to its brevity and generality, and to relate the document to current political affairs. (DMM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Current Events, Secondary Education
Willinsky, John – Education Canada, 2005
In this article, the author provides ways in which educators may start teaching globalism and globalization to their students. The author suggests that there are many opportunities to introduce students to the humane and encouraging aspects of a civil society by attending closely to current events that speak, with light and hope, to the changing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Global Approach, World Affairs, Persuasive Discourse
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Zhao, Yali; Hoge, John D. – Social Education, 2006
In the early months of 2005, much of the world celebrated the 60th anniversary of the World War II Allied victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Around the same time, protests erupted in Asia against a revised Japanese history textbook, "The New History Textbook," which critics said covered up Japanese World War II atrocities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, War, Current Events
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Sumrall, William J.; Schillinger, Donald N. – Social Studies, 2004
In most school settings, textbooks, which can be static and frequently outdated, are the major source of instruction about societal and science issues. Educators, however, want students to be less reliant on the static, sometimes dated, information and didactic instructions found in those books and to be more active in gathering their own…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Teachers, Science Education, Current Events
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Kotler, Janet – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1990
Argues for the teaching public issues in the forum of business communication classes. Describes how students tracked presidential election campaigns and emerged with an understanding of underlying political, economic, and social realities that affect the way America does business. (RS)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Citizenship Education, Course Content
DeRoche, Edward F. – 1979
The effects of using newspapers as adjunct materials in education have been documented in recent research. Research results indicate that students are seriously deficient in civic knowledge, and that the newspaper can serve as a bridge between home, school, and community by educating youth about the real world and by influencing their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Current Events, Daily Living Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Leppard, Lynden J – Social Education, 1993
Describes the rationale, instructional objectives, and instructional procedures of the National Issues Forum program for secondary social studies. Asserts that the program's content and learning strategies develop and improve student's decision-making skills and knowledge of significant contemporary issues. Contends that business and corporate…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Current Events
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Cerjak, Judith A. – English Journal, 1987
Discusses the political relevance of Miller's play about Salem witch trials to (1) the McCarthy era hearings, and (2) current cases between religious fundamentalists and school curriculum boards. Summarizes the history of these events and relates them to an interpretation of "The Crucible." (JG)
Descriptors: Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Current Events, Drama
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Johnson, Scott – English Journal, 1987
Describes a teacher's experience teaching sixth grade drama in Britain, where drama is viewed as distinct from literature and stresses role playing. Outlines particular improvisation activities, scriptwriting projects, approaches to class discussion, and the use of dramatic activities to teach other subjects. (JG)
Descriptors: Current Events, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Stradling, Bob – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
Reviews the problems and benefits associated with instruction of controversial issues, questioning the effectiveness of a neutral and objective position in the discussion of controversial topics. Also assesses prevalent teacher tendencies in instructional approaches and offers suggestions for classroom adoption. (ML)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Current Events, Environmental Education
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Fink, Rachel D. – Cell Biology Education, 2002
Discussing the ethical issues involved in topics such as cloning and stem cell research in a large introductory biology course is often difficult. Teachers may be wary of presenting material biased by personal beliefs, and students often feel inhibited speaking about moral issues in a large group. Yet, to ignore what is happening "out there"…
Descriptors: Current Events, Moral Issues, Cytology, Biology
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Werner, Walt – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Notes that there is a rich literature within social studies education promoting the teaching of controversial issues. Observes that, despite this, teachers continue to be cautious, only giving controversies a token nod in curricula. Suggests four reasons why controversial content continues to be difficult for teachers to implement. (DSK)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Current Events, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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