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Verbytska, Polina; Guyver, Robert; Kendzor, Petro – Journal of Social Science Education, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to provide information on the main tendencies across the transformation of the official holidays calendar in Ukraine over the last decades and to demonstrate its influence on school celebrations. Also discussed here is the role of these factors in the parallel but sometimes contradictory processes of the students' civic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patriotism, Holidays, Ceremonies
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Linchenko, Andrei; Golovashina, Oksana – Journal of Social Science Education, 2019
Purpose: This article is devoted to the description and comparative analysis of the commemorations of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War in the practice of Soviet and Russian school education, based on the example of the two regions of Central Russia (Tambov and Lipetsk region). The purpose of the article is to study the features of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holidays, World History, War
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Giorgetti, Filiz Meseci – Journal of Social Science Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the socio-political rituals such as national festivals and student pledges have changed in the Turkish Republic primary schools over the last twenty years. Method: The data used to achieve this purpose was collected from four different sources; the applicable legislation, statements of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Cultural Activities, Ceremonies
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Bacia, Ewa – Journal of Social Science Education, 2019
Purpose: The article intends to analyse the manner in which banished soldiers are presented in the new history curriculum at schools in Poland as an example of the politics of memory. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is a case study of the phenomenon of banished soldiers in the Polish public discourse. It includes the following issues:…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Case Studies, Politics, Memory
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Acikalin, Mehmet; Kilic, Hamide – Journal of Social Science Education, 2017
Purpose: This article introduces the history and development of Turkish national holidays. It also describes how these holidays being celebrated overtime in Turkey. Thus, the purpose of this article is providing fundamental information regarding Turkish national holidays and discussing possible role of these holidays in promoting character and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Values Education, National Norms
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Conrad, Jenni – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: This study examines one "out" gay teacher's participation in the Day of Silence (DoS), an international event highlighting the silencing of LGBTQ people in schools, to illustrate teacher agency in counter-narrative teaching, particularly for countering the typical civic exclusions of LGBTQ people. Design: Civic education and…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Teacher Participation