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Direct linkCathryn van Kessel Ed.; Kimberly Edmondson Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2024
In this collection, scholars from the United States, Canada, and Australia examine the concepts of villainification and anti-villainification in social studies curriculum and popular culture, as well as within broader sociocultural contexts. Villainification is the process of identifying an individual or a small group of individuals as the sole…
Descriptors: Political Issues, Social Studies, Popular Culture, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedTierney, William G., Ed.; Kolluri, Suneal, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2020
Relational sociology was conceived by theorists frustrated by what they viewed as an incomplete accounting of social reality. Torn between notions of structural rigidity, on the one hand, and rational choice individualism, on the other, relational sociologists have sought new units of analysis. Social reality, they have argued, is manufactured…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Influences, Sociology, Interpersonal Relationship
Chirinda, Brantina, Ed.; Sibanda, Lwazi, Ed.; Vere, Joseph, Ed.; Sunzuma, Gladys, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2023
Historical and current educational perspectives are epistemologically challenging to weave together. The contributors brought together in this book have risen to that challenge and, in the process, have produced a detailed and thorough account of the issues and processes at play. Science, Mathematics, and Technology (SMT) education is recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Problem Solving, Lifelong Learning
Kinginger, Celeste, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2013
The papers in this volume offer a sampling of contemporary efforts to update the portrayal of study abroad in the applied linguistics literature through attention to its social and cultural aspects. The volume illustrates diversification of theory and method, refinement of approaches to social interactive language use, and expansion in the range…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Second Language Learning
Alexander, Hanan A., Ed.; Agbaria, Ayman K., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of religious education curricula raise a profound challenge.…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Education, Financial Support, Democracy
Wisdom, Sherrie, Ed.; Leavitt, Lynda, Ed.; Bice, Cynthia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
In comparing one public school to another, discussions frequently include talk concerning the socio economics of a school or district, which then leads to talk about the advantages that one socioeconomic setting has over another. Educators tend to agree that low academic achievement frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status is a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Influences, Racial Discrimination, African American Students
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
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
