To meet the demands of the twenty-first century, teachers of citizenship and social studies are tasked with educating students about histories that are not visible in traditional, linear, universal capital-H "History" -- the history found in the educational curriculum, textbooks, media culture and, often, museums. These narratives…

The bullying phenomenon has been simplified and studied primarily from a psychological perspective. In this study, the phenomenon of bullying was examined by analyzing the joint influence of sociocultural factors such as gender stereotypes, sexism, and attitudes toward sexual and cultural diversity on bullying participation as a bully and a bully…

Background: School is one of the primary settings where non-gender conformer children and adolescents emerge as vulnerable groups at high risk of suffering violence and harassment. Within schooling contexts, embodied experiences in physical education (PE) may become particularly problematic for trans students. However, there is little research…

This essay examines the varied and shifting representations of women in Jeronimo de Barrionuevo's "Avisos", a collection of semi-private letters exchanged between Barrionuevo in Madrid and an ecclesiastical Dean in Zaragoza during the reign of Philip IV. While the "Avisos" report on an exhaustive range of topics, women form a…

Globalization is blurring the lines between once clearly defined groups of people, making cultural sensitivity more important than ever. Culturally sensitive art education can cultivate the ability for students to empathize with and care about others, but until now, few guidelines have existed to help art educators bring together those from…

Where the education of subaltern multicultural student collectives is concerned, the case of contemporary developments in the discourse of reform in Spain is particularly poignant. A critical engagement with that discourse and its greater sociocultural context reveals some of the subtle ways in which cultural alterity comes to be represented. And…