ERIC Number: EJ1125987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 9
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ISSN: EISSN-1938-1611
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Histlexia Observed in Training Pre-Service Social Studies Teachers to Teach World Religions
Walker, Juan; Langan, Elise
Current Issues in Middle Level Education, v21 n1 p15-23 2016
The process of teaching world religions is fraught with dispositional and pedagogical concerns for pre-service teachers. To address these issues, middle grades pre-service teachers were asked to integrate an inquiry-based approach while considering their own histlexia, which we define as an inability to articulate positions. The findings of this study suggest that pre-service teachers can benefit from inquiry-based methods in planning and teaching religion and other controversial topics in the middle grades. Doing so causes pre-service teachers to become aware of their own biases and pedagogical needs when preparing to teach their future students.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Religion Studies, Middle School Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Inquiry, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Bias, State Church Separation, Religious Factors, Misconceptions, Methods Courses, Sex Role, World Views, Moral Values, Beliefs
National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. Web site: http://www.napomle.org/journal.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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