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Claes, Ellen; Isac, Maria Magdalena – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Tolerance is necessary for the functioning of mature democracies where social cohesion is strong. Results from The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 show that, on average, European young people tend to be tolerant, but their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Social Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Moss, Barbara, Ed. – Voices from the Middle, 2013
In this column, the author reviews books and other resources that address issues related to teaching tolerance for those of other religions, races, gender orientations, and cultures. It reviews titles related to Jewish oppression, including Doreen Rappaport's (2012) "Beyond Courage, the Untold Story of Jewish Resistance during the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Jews, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education
Carlson, Dennis, Ed.; Roseboro, Donyell L., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The book aims to change the conversation about sexuality education for adolescents, making it consistent with a democratic cultural politics that is attuned to changes in youth and popular culture. Traditional sex education is nearly obsolete; sexuality curriculum is now primarily learned through popular culture and youth culture, which teach…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Sex Education, Popular Culture, Citizenship Education
Quinn, Therese M., Ed.; Ploof, John, Ed.; Hochtritt, Lisa J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Art and Social Justice Education" offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical, meaningful, and transformative arts education curriculum and arts integration projects. The images, descriptive texts, essays, and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework and linked to ideas about culture as commons. Essays and a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Art History, Critical Theory, Elementary Secondary Education
Flanagan, Connie; Gallay, Leslie – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2008
The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of dimensions of trust and inter-relationships between those dimensions during the adolescent years. Drawing from survey data collected at the beginning and end of a semester in eighty middle- and high-school social studies classes, relationships were assessed between: social trust,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Class, Trust (Psychology), Minority Groups