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Direct linkGregory White; Alan Schoenfeld – Review of Research in Education, 2023
This chapter focuses on effective preparation for civic reasoning, discourse, and problem solving. It reviews literatures, including major synthetic reviews and studies from the science of learning and development (SoLD), civics education, and mathematics education. Based on these reviews, the authors make the case for a more comprehensive form of…
Descriptors: Civics, Problem Solving, Logical Thinking, Mathematics
Levinson, Meira, Ed.; Fay, Jacob, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? "Democratic Discord in Schools" features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Problem Solving, Cooperation
Download full textAhrari, Seyedali; Othman, Jamilah; Hassan, Md. Salleh; Samah, Bahaman Abu; D'Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence – International Education Studies, 2013
Developing pre-service teachers civically is the oldest need which is known for social studies. Social studies are the most humanistic science between other sciences. It is due to the goal of social studies to focus more on civic issues and its content. Teacher students can gain skill, knowledge, and trait of being a good citizen through courses…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Preservice Teachers, Role of Education
Peer reviewedParker, Walter C.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Explores adolescents' abilities to reason when considering civic issues. Analyzes dialectical essays composed by 22 high school students in order to evaluate the degree of critical reasoning displayed by the students. Suggests that high school students are capable of taking a position through critical evaluation when confronted with a civic issue.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Oliver, Donald W.; Shaver, James P. – 1963
Reliability data suggest that, although there are many problems, it is feasible to systematically evaluate a student's analytic and persuasive competence in free oral argumentation. The first part of the paper describes the contexts within which the evaluation project took place. Specifically discussed are the five areas of analysis on which the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedStern, Barbara Slater; Riley, Karen Lea – Social Studies, 2001
Provides historical information on Harold Rugg and the Social Reconstructionist movement. Contends the social issues-centered method should be used within social studies education. Discusses a social issues model that exposes preservice teachers to the social issues-centered model and focuses on a case study on California Proposition 187. (CMK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2012
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2011 proceedings, see ED518589.]
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Social Studies, Annual Reports
Peer reviewedWynn, Charles T. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1989
Asserts that a goal of social studies instruction is to help students make decisions about complicated social issues and that this goal is best accomplished through development of postformal cognitive processes. Defines postformal thought and examines two types: relativistic and dialectical. Shows how postformal thought can be promoted through two…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Peer reviewedRossi, John Allen – Social Education, 1995
Discusses four major approaches to teaching about controversial issues frequently cited in educational literature: problem solving, public issues, decision making, and moral reasoning. Provides guidelines for structuring large-group discussions, small-group discussions, and debates within these approaches. Includes a list of instructional…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Current Events
