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Awgichew, Sisay; Ademe, Enguday – Cogent Education, 2022
This study examined the role of history education for nation building in Ethiopia, Germany Rwanda, South Africa, Switzerland, and USA using a comparative research method. Student textbooks and syllabi were the main data sources. Document review was the principal data-gathering tool and the data was analysed qualitatively. Findings revealed that…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Nationalism, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Gallay, Leslie; Flanagan, Constance A.; Duo, Samuel – Youth & Society, 2011
This exploratory study assessed the associations of age, gender, and a school climate of solidarity and pride with adolescents' endorsements of democratic regime change. Middle- and high-school students (N = 273) in the United States responded to three vignettes concerning how a society should transition from dictatorship to democracy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Global Approach, Change
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Waghid, Yusef – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
In this article I explore some of the limitations of violence, in particular focusing on how it can possibly be undermined by dialogical action. Firstly, I argue that, although violence is at times justified by some people, its disrespectful use against innocent others, makes it illegitimate and therefore un-dialogical. Secondly, the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Aggression, Global Approach