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Stevens, Kaylene M.; Martell, Christopher C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2021
In a previous study conducted before the emergence of the #MeToo Movement and the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, the authors examined feminist teachers and found differences based on their liberal feminist or critical feminist perspectives. In this study, the authors examine the same participants five years later to determine if…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elections, Political Campaigns, Presidents
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Errázuriz, Valentina – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2021
This article explores the processes by which Chilean female feminist public high school students used political and historical narratives and symbols during the feminist movement of 2018. It analyzes how these particular usages were crossed by affective intensities that worked to produce students' political subjectivities as collective and…
Descriptors: Females, Single Sex Schools, Personal Narratives, Feminism
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Colley, Lauren – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2019
There are multiple benefits to women's history, including identifying women's experiences as historically significant and recognizing the variety of perspectives of historical actors. Engaging students with resources on women's history requires teachers to be prepared to deal with students' misconceptions and feelings about gender and feminism.…
Descriptors: Females, History, Feminism, Gender Issues
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Schmeichel, Mardi – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
Feminist practices can provide firm theoretical grounding for the kind of social studies that scholars promote, especially in relation to efforts to include women in the curriculum. However, in P-12 social studies education, neither women nor feminism receive much attention. The study described in this article was a discourse analysis of 16…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Social Studies, Sex Fairness
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Bondy, Jennifer M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
This article explores adolescent Latinas' citizenship identities in school from a feminist transnational perspective. Data were drawn from qualitative research studies on Latina youths' educational experiences and from a qualitative project conducted by the author. Cultural citizenship theories were used to analyze the data. The analysis revealed…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Females, Self Concept, Qualitative Research
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Mitchell, Katharyne; Elwood, Sarah – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2012
This study highlights the power of place, and reconceptualizes geography education as integral to the larger project of teaching for democratic citizenship. Using an interactive web platform, the researchers asked 29 seventh grade girls to research and map significant cultural and historical places associated with an ethnic group, or women, in the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Action Research, Resource Allocation, Teaching Methods
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den Heyer, Kent – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2003
This article reports on a review of research into students' reasoning about social change and causes they attribute to selected historical events. In this review, I distinguish studies into social change and causality as two methodological approaches to historical understanding before relating findings into the ways that students reason about…
Descriptors: Historical Interpretation, Social Life, Citizenship, Citizenship Education