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Wade, Rahima C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1994
Focuses on the conceptual change processes of 17 fourth-grade students as they grapple with the abstract concept of human rights. Discusses limitations and successes in students' learning within the framework of conceptual change and motivation research. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Feinstein, Sherry; Wood, Robert W. – 1995
This paper is a chronologically-organized narrative history of law-related education (LRE) in the United States. The paper begins by delineating the differences between LRE and citizenship education and describing the motivations for the creation of LRE programs in the early 1960s. Turning to the analysis of LRE, the paper argues that there have…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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Zajda, Joseph, Ed.; Davidovitch, Nitza, Ed.; Majhanovich, Suzanne, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2023
This book examines dominant discourses in multiculturalism and cultural identity globally. It critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to multiculturalism and cultural identity, set against the current backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses current discourses concerning…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Global Approach, Self Concept, Cultural Awareness
Oakhill, Jane, Ed.; Beard, Roger, Ed. – 1999
In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on the idea of reading as a "socio-cultural" phenomenon, derived from the idea that reading is not an isolated skill but is necessarily related to the purposes reading will be put to in particular social and cultural contexts. This collection of essays acknowledges the undoubted…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries