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Goldberg, Tsafrir – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
This study explores the applicability of psychoanalytic trauma-centered perspectives and social psychological intergroup comparison perspectives to difficult histories of the Israeli context. The study describes 2 test cases of difficult histories in the Jewish-Israeli context at the levels of curriculum policy, teachers, and learners. The first…
Descriptors: Trauma, Psychiatry, Risk, Social Psychology
Hauver, Jennifer; Zhao, Xiaoying; Kobe, Jessica F. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
In this article, we examine children's (aged 9-11) experience of deliberative dialogue in which they sought to reach consensus around a shared problem with their peers. Through analysis of pre- and post-task interviews as well as videotapes of the sessions, we explore the pedagogical nature of children's engagement. In light of shifting trust…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dialogs (Language), Trust (Psychology), Role
Abdou, Ehaab D. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Guided by critical discourse analysis, this study analyzes how ancient civilizations are constructed in high school history textbooks used in Quebec, Canada. The findings suggest that the narrative generally ignores 2-way intercultural exchanges. The narrative is also Eurocentric, silencing sub-Saharan Africa's contributions and nonmaterial…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Textbooks, Content Analysis
Vickery, Amanda E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
This qualitative study focuses on how 5 African American women social studies teachers utilized their experiential knowledge and understanding of history to make sense of the construct of citizenship. Drawing from Black feminism, this study asks how African American women social studies teachers define and teach the construct of citizenship.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Females, African American Teachers, Social Studies
Equity- and Tolerance-Oriented Teachers: Approaches to Teaching Race in the Social Studies Classroom
Martell, Christopher C.; Stevens, Kaylene M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
In this interpretative case study, the researchers examined the beliefs and practices of 10 self-identifying race-conscious social studies teachers. Using critical race theory as the lens, the researchers found that most of the teachers made race explicit in their classrooms by including race in units not typically considered race-related and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Prosocial Behavior, Race, Racial Bias
van Kessel, Cathryn; Crowley, Ryan M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Villainification is the process of creating single actors as the faces of systemic harm, with those hyperindividualized villains losing their ordinary characteristics. Like heroification, there is a simplified portrayal of historical actors, but villainification has particularly harmful consequences. We suggest that villainification obscures the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Ideology, Foreign Countries, Textbooks
Reisman, Abby – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) call on science and social studies teachers to engage in literacy instruction that prepares students for the academic rigors of college. The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) designed a framework to address the challenge of literacy-content integration. At the heart of the intervention are fill-in-the-blank…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Course Content, Common Core State Standards, Science Instruction
Busey, Christopher L.; Walker, Irenea – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Extant conceptions of patriotism in social studies curricula are centered upon blind allegiance to the state or a belief in ideals of a liberal democracy. Yet these conceptions fail to account for the complex racial experiences that mediate citizenship and civic action, especially for Black persons. In this article, we advance a theory of Black…
Descriptors: Patriotism, Activism, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
Houser, Neil O.; Krutka, Daniel G.; Province Roberts, Rachael; Pennington, Kimberly; Faili Coerver, Nina – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
We conducted a 3-year study to determine what could be learned from the efforts of social studies teachers to navigate the current culture of reform and accountability. Data were drawn from 50 in-depth interviews and 425 surveys completed by P-12 teachers throughout the state. We employed critical social theory to frame the study and interpret the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Social Studies, Educational Practices
Klein, Stephan – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Using an analytical framework based on the concept of historical distance, this article explores how Dutch history teachers and educators navigate between the past and the present when making curriculum decisions on the sensitive topic of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. Four history teachers and 2 museum educators were selected on the…
Descriptors: Slavery, History Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Huijgen, Tim; van Boxtel, Carla; van de Grift, Wim; Holthuis, Paul – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
An important goal of history education is to promote the student's ability to perform historical perspective taking (HPT). HPT refers to the ability to understand how people in the past viewed their world at various times and in various places to explain why they did what they did. In this study, we assessed a sample of 15- and 16-year-old…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, History Instruction, Logical Thinking, Mixed Methods Research
Santiago, Maribel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
"Mendez v. Westminster," a case about 1940s Mexican American school segregation, is a new vehicle for including Mexican Americans into U.S. history classrooms. This study explores how a class of primarily Mexican American students, who because of their heritage might develop a personal connection to the case, made sense of…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, School Segregation, Court Litigation, United States History
Metzger, Scott Alan; Paxton, Richard J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
This article offers a typological framework for analyzing how video games make use of historical elements, shaping the ways players engage with and think about the past. Phenomenologically induced labels are posited for identifying different deployments of and experiences with historical elements in video games, illustrated by examples drawn from…
Descriptors: Video Games, History Instruction, Phenomenology, Interaction
Levstik, Linda S. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
The rise of mass-marketed literature specifically targeting child readers is a significant if often overlooked piece of a larger historical pattern in which contending cultural groups attempt to control the words and worlds available to different groups within and between societies. The work of Olive Beaupré Miller, author/editor from 1919-1954 of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, United States History, Marketing, Social Justice
Choi, Moonsun – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
Despite the importance of promoting socially responsible citizenship in the Internet age, there is a paucity of research on how digital citizenship or digital citizens might be defined and/or investigated. This study found 4 major categories that construct digital citizenship: "Ethics," "Media and Information Literacy,"…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Information Technology, Ethics, Media Literacy