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Khilji, Gulab; Jogezai, Nazir Ahmed – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the views of educators regarding the constructs of the history curriculum to determine whether history education is usually used for polarization and negative identity enactment or for positive purposes such as tolerance, peace and social justice. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Multicultural Education, Peace, Social Justice
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Claire Sutherland – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2024
In March 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government published "Inclusive Britain: the government's response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities." This accepts the 'bad apple' understanding of racism but is incurious as to the historical context and existing power relations shaping racist attitudes, thereby creating a tension…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, European History, History Instruction, Race
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Weuffen, Sara; Cahir, Fred; Barnes, Alice; Powell, Bryon – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2019
Non-Indigenous-led organizations and education programs have long been criticized for sanitized teachings of Aboriginal perspectives in history, while scholarship touts the transformative benefits offered up via decolonial and immersive pedagogical approaches. In this case study, we explore the impact of a cross-cultural venture, titled…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Epistemology, History Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Heilig, Julian Vasquez; Brown, Keffrelyn D.; Brown, Anthony L. – Harvard Educational Review, 2012
In this article, Julian Vasquez Heilig, Keffrelyn Brown, and Anthony Brown offer findings from a close textual analysis of how the Texas social studies standards address race, racism, and communities of color. Using the lens of critical race theory, the authors uncover the sometimes subtle ways that the standards can appear to adequately address…
Descriptors: State Standards, Critical Theory, Social Theories, Racial Factors
Polen, J. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Both government and non-government agencies have decried how poorly today's students are prepared to thrive in the global marketplace. One area of concern, cross-cultural understandings and cross-cultural communication skills, is the basis for this study. A qualitative study using a phenomenological design was chosen in order to collect rich…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Communication Skills, Qualitative Research
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Bracey, Paul – Educational Review, 2010
This paper asserts that an Irish dimension should be taught within the context of diversity within the English history curriculum. The study explores perceptions of a wide range of respondents through the use of questionnaires and interviews undertaken during the period 2002-2007. Research findings suggest that perceptions of the place of Ireland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Ethnic Diversity, Educational Attitudes
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Barbour, Michael; Evans, Mark – Canadian Social Studies, 2008
A number of times over the past century, there have been struggles in the United States over what is and is not included in the history curriculum. These struggles have primarily been over who is represented in the teaching of history. In Canada, however, this debate has not been as prevalent. For example, Historica's Heritage Minutes is a…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Heritage Education, Investigations, Culturally Relevant Education
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OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Urges that history be based on sound historical scholarship. Suggests that the most important key to good history is provided by well-trained history teachers who understand the dynamic nature of historical inquiry and help students develop a critical perspective of the past. Recognizes that women and minorities have been significant actors in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethnocentrism, Females, History Instruction
American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY. – 1994
These papers are the work of scholars who received support as post-secondary fellows in 1992-93 in the Elementary and Secondary Schools Teacher Curriculum Development Project. The project seeks to familiarize teachers with current developments in the humanities, support their development of curricular materials based on their studies, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Stotsky, Sandra – 1991
Brookline High School in the suburban Boston, Massachusetts area has been long recognized as having a reputation for academic excellence; its social studies department, for example, has been highly praised for the diverse range of courses it has offered. This paper recounts what happened to Brookline High school's social studies department in the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Civics, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Cain, Lee C. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1987
Discusses the role of the belief that all groups should assimilate to Anglo Saxon values in American history and the emergence of multicultural education in the 1960s. Argues for the teaching of black cultural history and literature. Provides a bibliography for incorporating black history into high school classes. (KH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Black Culture, Black Studies, Curriculum Development
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Duster, Troy – Multicultural Education, 1997
Examines the development and alterations in the American Cultures curriculum at the University of California (Berkeley) designed to accommodate emerging student diversity. The following course topics are highlighted: English, Anthropology, and History. (GR)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Core Curriculum, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
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Herring, Ron; Weil, Jonathan – Social Studies Review, 1998
Describes the Contemporary World History Project (CWHP), a year-long, two-part program that integrates the study of world problems within a traditional world history curriculum. Outlines the two parts, historical background and a simulation, and the objectives fulfilled by CWHP. Notes the variety of project topics available to teachers. (DSK)
Descriptors: Current Events, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
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Dunn, Ross E. – Social Studies Review, 1990
Critiques the California History Social Science Framework's structuring of world history. Suggests some ideas for developing conceptual and organizational course models that can effectively accommodate the framework's subject matter recommendations while presenting a more holistic view of world history. (DB)
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Hill, James F. – 1993
This paper offers reasons why Native American culture and history should be included in the secondary school curriculum based on the fact that many ideas and products that are taken for granted today have Native American roots, and on the definition of social studies as the study of individual and group behaviors of a people, and of how those…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
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