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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Common-Sense Notions of "Nation": A Challenge for Teaching
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Jansson, Maria; Wendt, Maria; Ase, Cecilia – Journal of Political Science Education, 2013
This article examines how students' common-sense conceptualizations of "nation," specifically the Swedish nation, operate in teaching situations in which a critical constructivist theory of "nation" is part of the curriculum. Taking its point of departure from discussions of conceptual change, this article examines how…
Descriptors: Political Science, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Processes, Concept Teaching
Teaching Political Science through Memory Work
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Jansson, Maria; Wendt, Maria; Ase, Cecilia – Journal of Political Science Education, 2009
In this article, we present the results of a research project where we have tried to elaborate more socially inclusive ways of teaching and learning political science by making use of a specific feminist method of analyzing social relations--memory work. As a method, memory work involves writing and interpreting stories of personal experience,…
Descriptors: Political Science, Teaching Methods, Memory, Feminism