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Misco, Thomas; Bennett-Kinne, Andrea – Social Studies, 2021
This article explores the racial prerequisite cases, which were dubious court decisions that attempted to rationalize pseudo-"scientific evidence" and "common knowledge" as reasons for who could and could not be considered for, and who was ultimately denied, U.S. citizenship. These cases are historical antecedents of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Racial Bias, Asians, COVID-19
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Linowes, Danielle; Ho, Li-Ching; Misco, Thomas; Stahlsmith, Megan – Journal of International Social Studies, 2019
This article addresses the importance of teaching controversial issues, especially within elementary school contexts. In particular, the article explores the underlying elements of justice within controversies and demonstrates the way in which teachers might explore procedural justice within an elementary classroom.
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
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Misco, Thomas; Kuwabara, Toshinori; Ogawa, Masato; Lyons, Abby – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2018
This qualitative case study sought to understand the extent to which Japanese high school social studies teachers grapple with controversial issues in their classrooms. Situated within a curricular-instructional gatekeeping framework, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight respondents of varying backgrounds and schools in Okayama,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Secondary School Teachers
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Misco, Thomas; Shiveley, James – Social Studies, 2016
Although social justice is an overarching goal of most every department of teacher education, college of education, and US College or University, it is rarely an identified goal for K-12 schools. We contend that the field of social studies education also substantively focuses on social justice, and as such, this article clarifies the ways in which…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Studies, Personality, Reflection
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Misco, Thomas – Education and Culture, 2014
This paper focuses on the primary problem of the public, as advanced in "The Public and its Problems," which Dewey described as the need to improve "methods of debate, discussion, and persuasion" for the purposes of "perfecting the process of inquiry" (Dewey, 1927/1954, p. 208). I first situate these modes of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Democracy, Inquiry
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Misco, Thomas – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016
This study explores the perceptions of South Korean moral and social studies education teachers, teacher educators, and students on the promises and challenges of introducing and discussing controversial issues within their classrooms. The findings suggest that college entrance exams, textbooks, didacticism, dualism, administrators, textbooks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ethical Instruction, Social Studies
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Bautista, Nazan; Misco, Thomas; Quaye, Stephen John – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
We investigated the characteristics of early childhood education (ECE) preservice teachers (PSTs) who were identified as closed minded and their capacity to deal with controversial issues. We define open-mindedness as the willingness to consider experiences, beliefs, values, and perspectives that differ from one's own. First, we used quantitative…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Misco, Thomas – Intercultural Education, 2013
Broaching controversial issues with critical reflective thought is integral to a democratic education and during the past few decades China has gradually reconceptualized its moral education curricula toward this end. Therefore, this study sought to explore the extent to which controversial issues are addressed and reflective thinking is developed…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Reflection, Critical Thinking, Asians
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Misco, Thomas; Lee, Lena – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
Engaging students in controversial issues provides numerous benefits for developing democratic citizenship. A wide variety of pathways and challenges exist to their discussion in classrooms, many of which are based upon societal and cultural context. This study explores the context of Guam and maps the issues of controversy within categories of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Democracy, Citizenship, Cross Cultural Training
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Misco, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011
This study explores the enactment and evolution of moral education in Beijing, China. In particular, the author examines the extent to which moral education teachers develop reflective thinking and broach controversial issues within their classrooms. Drawing on interview data from secondary moral education (deyu) teachers, professors who prepare…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Curriculum Development, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Foreign Countries
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Misco, Thomas – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2011
This article addresses the challenges and pathways of Holocaust education in post-communist countries through two case studies. I first examine historiographical, institutional and cultural obstacles to deep and meaningful treatments of the Holocaust within Latvian and Romanian schools. Drawing upon the unique experiences both countries had with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Death, War
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Misco, Thomas – International Education, 2012
This article explores the underlying and epiphenomenal manifestations of milieus and contexts that serve to control and undermine, or provide pathways to, the discussion of controversial issues in classrooms. Given the importance of teaching and discussing controversial issues, as an essential lever for democratic citizenship education, I draw on…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Misco, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2008
This research study seeks to understand the current state of Holocaust education in Romanian classrooms and the variety of forces that influence its treatment. By identifying obstacles, challenges, and successes, this study provides a generative knowledge base for curriculum proposals, symposia, and other initiatives that seek to disrupt reticence…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Citizenship Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Misco, Thomas – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2007
Teaching about the Holocaust is a deeply sensitive and controversial topic in the Republic of Latvia. Due to a Soviet-imposed silence on the topic and the developing nature of democratic education in Latvia, many schools cover this history superficially, if it is covered at all. This study examines a cross-cultural curriculum development project…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Death
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Misco, Thomas; Patterson, Nancy C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2007
This study examines teacher perceptions of academic freedom and how these perceptions relate to the teaching of controversial issues. By drawing on the literature of the field and recent research, we describe threats, challenges, and variables at work that have led to the decline of academic freedom. We then explore the imperative of academic…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Academic Freedom, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education