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Barton, Keith C.; McCully, Alan W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2012
This study illustrates the processes by which 8 pairs of adolescents in Northern Ireland struggled to come to grips with tensions between school and community history. Findings are based on data collected through open-ended, semi-structured interviews with students from a variety of backgrounds. Although these students appreciated the attempt by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local History, Semi Structured Interviews, Structured Interviews

Thornton, Stephen J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1997
Argues that, without changes in methods of teaching social studies, curriculum reform can only provide an illusion of educational change. Observes that little has been published in 25 years of "Theory and Research in Social Education" on methods. Discusses three historical meanings that "method" has had since the 1880s. (DSK)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change