ERIC Number: EJ1240984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0272
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Civically Minded: The Types of Knowledge Teachers Use to Adapt a Civics Curriculum
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v52 n1 p64-83 2020
This study examines teacher knowledge used to teach civic-perspective-taking in elementary settings. To do so, the researcher analyzes teacher knowledge-in-use through the ways three teachers adapted a curriculum focused on civic perspective-taking through observation of teachers' enactments of each lesson. Findings indicate that teachers used specific types of knowledge, namely "knowledge of locally-relevant issues, knowledge of students' home lives and cultures, and knowledge of the community and its features," to adapt the lessons they co-designed. Implications for future research based on these findings are discussed.
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Civics, Perspective Taking, Local Issues, Family Environment, Student Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Hispanic American Students, Young Children, Team Teaching, Public Opinion, Culturally Relevant Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Primary Education
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Language: English
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