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Direct linkParra, S. Lozano; Wansink, B. G. J.; Bakker, C.; van Liere, L. M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2023
Friction in the classroom may create useful tension for teachers when they attempt to discuss sensitive topics as part of democratic learning. Due to the openness and indeterminacy of these topics, students can experience what it is like to be (political) subjects in a diverse society and become aware of other people's subjectness in a charged…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Student Participation, Risk
Kahne, Joseph; Hodgin, Erica; Eidman-Aadahl, Elyse – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
The digital revolution has enabled important changes in political life. Opportunities to engage in "participatory politics" have expanded significantly. Participatory politics differ from institutional politics in that they are peer-based, interactive, and not guided by deference to traditional elites and institutions. These changes…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Educational Change
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
Brooks, Sarah – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
This comparative case study examines the manner in which 2 middle-level social studies teachers established connections between the past and the present within their curriculums. The teachers who participated in this project worked in different school districts: one teaching a 7th-grade U.S. History curriculum and the other teaching a 6th-grade…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Social Studies, Grade 7
