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The Red, White, and Who? A Multiple Qualitative Case Study Analyzing Civic Illiteracy and Teacher Use of Legitimate Peripheral Participation Techniques in Middle and High School Social Studies
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Tauni L. Grossklas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In Florida, civic illiteracy among middle and high school students is a pressing concern despite state initiatives to increase civic competence (Florida House of Representatives, 2019; FLDOE, 2023b; Florida Department of State, 2023). Recent scores on state civics and social studies standardized assessments reveal a disheartening fact--an average…
Descriptors: Civics, Social Studies, Charter Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Social Studies Educators' Sense Making Experiences of Civic Education in a Climate of High Stakes Testing
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Carey, Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This constructivist study investigates and captures the lived experiences of three social studies educators as they make sense of civic education in a climate of high stakes testing and accountability. In spite of the deterioration of civic education over the years (Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, 2011), Florida was among the first…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Civics, State Legislation
Controversies over the Pledge of Allegiance in Public Schools: Case Studies Involving State Law, 9/11, and the Culture Wars
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Montgomery, Jennifer J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This dissertation examines state-level efforts to mandate the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, especially following 9/11. Despite longstanding Supreme Court precedent declaring mandatory flag salutes unconstitutional, various state legislatures sought to institute or strengthen pledge mandates irrespective of students' civil liberties.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Case Studies, State Legislation, Patriotism