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Niclas Lindström – Ethics and Education, 2024
This study explores the practical implications of the paradox of moral education, focusing on how Swedish social study teachers (civics, geography, history, and religious education) navigate conflicting responsibilities to convey values and facilitate critical thinking when addressing controversial issues in their classrooms. Through qualitative…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Ethical Instruction, Values Education
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Arif Purnomo; Ganda Febri Kurniawan – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
This research analyzes the contribution of learning the history of early independence in fostering a philosophical understanding of nationhood. The research questions are: 1) What kinds of philosophical understanding of nationhood are perceived as pro-Islamism and pro-secularism by high school students? 2) How is nationalist behavior expressed as…
Descriptors: Islam, Social Studies, High School Students, Social Attitudes
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Suriadi Ardiansyah; Kokom Komalasari; Enok Maryani; Erlina Wiyanarti – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
The development of postmodern-era technology in the world of education is increasingly sophisticated, thus impacting the character of students and their social environment. Technological progress negatively affects the lives of today's generation. When misuse of technology is widespread, it is imperative to strengthen cultural and religious…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Values Education, Social Studies, Electronic Publishing
Leona Calkins – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Social studies education provides unique opportunities for students to learn about the democratic process and, more importantly, how to engage in civic life to become active citizens. It is through meaningful social studies education that students are deliberately helped to understand the world, and are provided space to discuss, deliberate, and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values
Pugh, Shannon M.; McGuire, Margit E.; Butler, Jason; Castillo, Jyoti; Moore, Daneel; Ramirez, Becky; Russac, Patricia – National Council for the Social Studies, 2023
A comprehensive social studies education provides the foundation for an appreciation of democracy, an understanding of the responsibilities and rights that come with participating in a republican form of government, and the knowledge and skills to be informed, responsible, and active global citizens. As students participate in their social studies…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Democratic Values, Educational Strategies
Jo Ann M. Rosebrock – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative, phenomenological study examined the experiences of public high school social studies teachers in 11 U.S. states in teaching democratic principles in their classes since the 2016 presidential election. The study utilized semi-structured interview questions and inductive analysis to assess teacher experiences, including instances…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, High School Teachers, Social Studies, Democratic Values
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Agnello, Mary Frances; Laney, James D.; Lucey, Thomas A. – Social Studies, 2019
Teaching financial literacy represents an important expectation of K-12 public school educators. Financial literacy is usually defined as having the knowledge and ability to function monetarily within the existing economic system. This system can be hierarchical and inequitable, if not oppressive. We argue that stories have been used throughout…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Money Management, Social Responsibility, Values Education
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Yalçin, Ali; Güleç, Selma – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
This research aims to reveal the effect of responsibility-based activities applied in the 5th grade Social Studies course on students' value of responsibility. For this reason, a mixed-method consisting of quantitative and qualitative data was used in the study. Explanatory sequential design, one of the mixed-method research types, was used. In…
Descriptors: Responsibility, Social Studies, Grade 5, Secondary School Students
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Moore, James R. – Social Studies, 2022
One of the most effective methods for teaching social studies events, concepts, and issues incorporates the fine arts into lesson plans. The fine arts, such as photography, architecture, paintings, tapestries, and sculptures reflect the core cultural values, political ideals, and religious beliefs of a civilization and offer excellent…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Kafadar, Tugba; Öztürk, Cemil; Katilmis, Ahmet – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The present study aimed to compare social studies or equivalent course textbooks in Turkey, the United States, and France (ethics-citizenship education) based on values education content. The study was designed with the holistic multi-case method, a qualitative research approach, and the study data were collected with document analysis. The study…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Social Studies, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation
Ian M. McGregor – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Since the beginning of public education in the United States, there has been a strong tradition of viewing schools as the mechanism for preparing young people for their role as citizens in a democratic society. Moreover, citizenship education has held a foundational place in social studies classrooms. However, despite this central focus of social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Civil Rights, Citizenship Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Emine Demirci Dölek; Ilker Dere; Muhammed Sari – European Journal of Education, 2025
Studies connecting oral history and value education as a method of learning and teaching are a few, and most are based on theoretical knowledge. There are limited studies that practically apply value education, using oral history as an example for researchers and readers. We designed this research to fill the gap between theory and practice. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Public Schools, Social Studies, Oral History
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Merzifonluoglu, Samet; Hamarat, Ercenk – Ethics and Education, 2022
There is growing interest in epistemic injustice and its connection to education. However, the relation between social studies and epistemic injustice has not yet been adequately explored and this topic has been given insufficient attention by social studies educators. But it is regarded as an important resource for students who are socially…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Social Studies, Moral Values, Social Justice
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Ali Yalçin; Selma Güleç – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2024
The activity-based social studies teaching is a learning process which applies activities prepared according to knowledge, skills, values and achievements and makes students actively participate. One of the most important goals of the social studies course is the activity-based teaching process, which is one of the ways to raise effective,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Social Environment, Grade 5, Secondary School Students
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Nipitpon Nanthawong – Higher Education Studies, 2024
This research aims to compare the social studies curricula of Thailand and New York State, USA, analyze their similarities and differences, and propose guidelines for improving the Thai social studies curriculum. The study employed a qualitative research methodology, using documentary analysis of the Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Social Studies, Core Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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