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Dack, Hilary; Triplett, Nicholas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
This longitudinal qualitative multicase study of social studies teachers' implementation of differentiation examined two educators' experiences as teacher candidates and beginning teachers, drawing upon theoretical perspectives of novice teacher appropriation of pedagogies across learning-to-teach settings. The study's first phase explored how…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Social Studies, Individualized Instruction
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Harris, Lauren McArthur; Reid, Stephanie F.; Benkert, Volker; Bruner, Jason – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2019
This exploratory case study examined how two teachers used a comparative approach to teach genocide histories in a Holocaust Literature elective course. Through interviews and observations, we studied how the teachers guided students in comparing genocides as well as how they used survivor testimonies in their instruction. We found that teachers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Death, Jews
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Wanders, Frank H. K.; van der Veen, Ineke; Dijkstra, Anne Bert; Maslowski, Ralf – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
This study examined the association between teacher-student and student-student relationships on societal involvement in Dutch primary and secondary schools. In addition, it studied differences in the effects of teacher-student relationships and student-student relationships among students from various parental backgrounds on societal involvement,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers
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Meuwissen, Kevin W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Adolescent learners stand to benefit when history teachers center their practice on investigating open-ended questions, interrogating evidence, and constructing persuasive arguments. Taking up this kind of teaching requires professional development (PD) experiences that are sustained, subject-specific, learning-focused, and collaborative and that…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, History Instruction, Accountability, Comparative Analysis
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Wright-Maley, Cory – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
This comparative case study presents one key challenge that 2 experienced teachers faced when using simulations: control. Simulations are activities that place high demands on teachers, including the ability to anticipate pitfalls in advance, act in multiple capacities, shape the direction of the activity without unduly interfering, and to be…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Social Studies, Simulation
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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
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Conklin, Hilary G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2010
The author presents findings from the first phase of a longitudinal, comparative case study that investigates what teachers learn about intellectually demanding social studies teaching at the middle school level from two distinctive teacher education pathways: a specialized middle school teacher education program and a secondary social studies…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Napier, Diane Brook; Lebeta, Vincent T.; Zungu, Bheki P. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2000
Addresses ideas presented in the article "The Struggle for Democracy in South Africa: Race, History and Education" (David W. Hursh). Provides information from a South African perspective and highlights ideas Hursh omitted that are central to the race-related discourse in South Africa. (CMK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Democracy, Educational History
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Bohan, Chara Haeussler – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2005
The objective of this historical analysis is to determine the origins of the American elementary history/social studies curriculum and to determine how nationalism affected the curriculum as it progressed in the early twentieth century. The Committee of Eight (Co8), established by the American Historical Association in 1905, created the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, United States History, Teacher Certification, Nationalism
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Napier, John D. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1978
Social studies preservice teachers received background information on Kohlberg's theory of moral development and were trained to use one of the rater guides in his new "issue stage scoring system." They were directed to score sample moral thought statements, some on an intuitive basis and some with the rater guides. No overall differences between…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Barth, James L.; Shermis, S. Samuel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1980
Compares selected United States history and civics textbooks from the 19th century with textbooks written from 1960 to 1980. Findings from this comparison indicated that despite differences in size and emphasis, stress and artistic appearance, United States history and civics texts of the present are essentially what they have always…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
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Niemi, Richard G.; Sanders, Mitchell S.; Whittington, Dale – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2005
We make five over-time comparisons of student knowledge of civics and government: a) knowledge among 4th, 8th, and 11/12th graders between 1975/6 and 1998 using two separate NAEP trend assessments; b) knowledge over the same period by comparing responses to individual items asked in the 1975/6 and 1981/2 assessments to responses on identical…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Civics, Knowledge Level, Social Studies
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Saye, John W.; Brush, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
This paper explores how teachers with different teaching styles conceptualized and implemented a multimedia-supported problem-based inquiry (PBI) unit. We focus on how the teachers supported student thinking and examine underlying belief, knowledge, and dispositional factors that may account for differences in the teachers' practices. We…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multimedia Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Inquiry
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Gerwin, David; Visone, Francesco – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
A classroom teacher asked two colleagues in his district to keep a daily record of their aims, methods, materials, and great discussions in two courses each: one state-tested, the other an untested elective course with no state curriculum. Each week during the study, the teacher reviewed these logs with his colleagues in separate interviews. Data…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Data Analysis, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Saye, John W.; Brush, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1999
Explores high school students' responses to a problem-based U.S. history unit. Investigates whether multimedia-supported learning assists students in overcoming obstacles to problem-based learning. Focuses on how the multimedia environment was used, the meaning of the learning experience, and how students' responses compared to those students who…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, High School Students, Learning Experience
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