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Jenifer A. Crawford; Robert A. Filback; Pedro A. Noguera – Teacher Educator, 2025
The University of Southern California (USC) Democracy Project responds to the inadequacies of traditional civics education, particularly its failure to engage marginalized students in meaningful democratic participation. Grounded in the theories of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, the project uses an action civics model to connect students with…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Citizenship Education, State Universities, Democracy
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William Waychunas – Teacher Educator, 2025
Research on practice-based teacher education [PBTE], such as rehearsals or teaching simulations, assumes that preservice teachers [PSTs] prefer such practical approaches in comparison to more theoretical work. Few studies test this assumption or incorporate PSTs voices and perspectives on PBTE approaches. This study draws on survey data and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Social Studies, Simulation
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Kathy Swan; Ryan M. Crowley; Gerry Swan – Teacher Educator, 2025
In response to national and state trends promoting inquiry-based social studies over the last decade, social studies teacher educators at the University of Kentucky revamped their pre-service program to create alignment around the key inquiry concepts of questions, tasks, and sources. Part of the program revision involved the creation of a new…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Active Learning
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Samantha Leihsing; Ann Marie Ryan – Theory Into Practice, 2025
How can teachers engage students in participatory civic education in a state like Texas where education policy is interfering with the Rights of the Learner by refusing to allow educators to support students in becoming active participants in vital democratic processes? Texas Senate Bill 3, passed in 2021, prohibits teachers from directly…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Citizen Participation, Civics, Learner Engagement