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Jessica M. Sargent – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The modern college instructor in the United States faces several unique dilemmas due to students' increased access to information via the internet and social media, increased polarization across the nation, and increased unrest resulting in more experiences impacting mental health. As such, modern instructors are faced with the challenge of…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, World Views, History, Current Events
Stukenberg, Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The aim of this confirmatory grounded theory case analysis was to investigate the perceptions of high school civics teachers on the new Illinois civics curriculum and how this relates to concepts of citizenship. This qualitative study involved focus groups consisting of 20 public high school civics teachers to investigate the use of the…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Civics, Citizenship, Constructivism (Learning)
Lauren Patricia Bagwell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study investigated three teachers and their students at International School in Guatemala as they engaged with social issues through and with art. Student and teacher experiences were examined using critical theory, concerned with ideological conflicts that shape the curriculum and how knowledge is legitimated within schools and communities…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Current Events, Foreign Countries
Trotman, Alicia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze and interpret the stories told by one teacher, Ms. M, in a fifth grade science classroom. In this study, stories are defined as teacher utterances that are used in first person or third person narrative view, and are related to an experience that occurred outside the classroom. This research…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Classroom Environment